Cherief Surname
Approximately 4,933 people bear this surname
Cherief Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,864 | 1:7,942 | 1,357 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Chérief (1) are calculated separately.
Cherief Demographics
Average Cherief Salary in
United States
$51,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cherief Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherief Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherief (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Chérief. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherief? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cherief is the 96,416th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,477,305 people. The last name Cherief is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cherief live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 4,864 people, or 1 in 7,942. In Algeria Cherief is primarily found in: Mostaganem Province, where 17 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 15 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 13 percent are found. Beside Algeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Cherief Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Cherief earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 19.82% more than the national average, earning $51,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $49,563 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cherief Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cherief in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Cherief
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