Cherife Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Cherife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 85 | 1:454,489 | 35,990 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Chèrife (1), Chérife (1) & Chérifé (1) are calculated separately.
Cherife (759) may also be a first name.
Cherife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherife Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherife (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Chèrife, Chérife or Chérifé. Click here for further possible spellings of Cherife.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherife? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Cherife reside; 78 percent reside in North Africa and 78 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 298,137th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 759 people.
This surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 454,489. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Tipasa Province, where 94 percent live, Tamanghasset Province, where 5 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Algeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent live and Mauritania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cherife Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cherife in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 46.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻒ | alshryf | 26.67 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻔﻪ | ashryfh | 20 |
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 6.67 |
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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 Cherife
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