Cherrif Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Cherrif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cherrif (118) may also be a first name.
Cherrif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cherrif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cherrif is found most in Morocco. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherrif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Cherrif live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Mahgreb. Cherrif is also the 859,937th most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 118 people.
The surname Cherrif is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Besides Morocco Cherrif is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 7 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Cherrif
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