Cheriffe Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Cheriffe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Cheriffe (172) may also be a first name.
Cheriffe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheriffe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheriffe is found most frequently in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheriffe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheriffe is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Cheriffe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Cheriffe is also the 696,764th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 172 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Niger Cheriffe is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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 Cheriffe
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