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
The last name Cherrif is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cherrif? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cherrif is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Cherrif occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Cherrif are found; 71 percent are found in North Africa and 71 percent are found in Mahgreb. Cherrif is also the 859,937th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 118 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Apart from Morocco this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common 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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