Cherfaoui Surname

35,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Cherfaoui Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cherfaoui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria13,0641:2,957393
Morocco8861:38,9126,295
France6561:101,25414,874
Spain421:1,113,14439,565
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Cherfaoui (136) may also be a first name.

Cherfaoui Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cherfaoui Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cherfaoui is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Cherfaoui.

How Common Is The Last Name Cherfaoui? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 35,909th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 495,920 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Cherfaoui reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 794,286th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 136 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 13,064 people, or 1 in 2,957. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 23 percent are found, Oran Province, where 12 percent are found and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 8 percent are found. Beside Algeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 6 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Cherfaoui Last Name Statistics demography

Cherfaoui earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 21.96% less than the national average, earning $38,774 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheurfaoui954/
Cherfaouii951/
Cherfaouui951/
Cherfaoyui951/
Herfaoui942/
Cerfaoui941/
Kherfaoui895/
Cherfoaui892/
Zerfaoui823,608/
Kerfaoui8224/
Serfaoui824/
Jerfaoui821/
Sirfaoui711/

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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 Cherfaoui
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