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) occurs most in Algeria. It can appear as: Chèrife, Chérife or Chérifé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherife? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cherife is the 1,710,039th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Cherife live; 78 percent live in North Africa and 78 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 298,137th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 759 people.
The surname Cherife is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 454,489. In Algeria Cherife is most common in: Tipasa Province, where 94 percent live, Tamanghasset Province, where 5 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Algeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found 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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