Cherfa Surname
Approximately 2,878 people bear this surname
Cherfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,424 | 1:15,937 | 2,881 |
| France | 275 | 1:241,537 | 37,410 |
| Mauritania | 149 | 1:27,482 | 2,315 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Cherfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherfa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻓﻪ) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Cherfa.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cherfa is the 152,842nd most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,532,156 people. Cherfa is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Cherfa live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Cherfa is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 2,424 people, or 1 in 15,937. In Algeria Cherfa is mostly concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 30 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 17 percent are found and Béjaïa Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Algeria Cherfa is found in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 10 percent are found and Mauritania, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cherfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cherfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻓﻪ | alshrfh | 68.89 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻑ | alshrf | 20 |
| ﺷﺮﻓﻪ | shrfh | 6.67 |
| ﺷﺮﻓﺔ | shrft | 2.22 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻓﺔ | alshrft | 2.22 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cherfa
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