Chreif Surname
Approximately 560 people bear this surname
Chreif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Mauritania | 141 | 1:29,042 | 2,428 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Chreïf (2) are calculated separately.
Chreif (18) may also be a first name.
Chreif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chreif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chreif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is more frequently found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Chreïf. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chreif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 565,092nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,013,475 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Chreif are found; 39 percent are found in West Asia and 38 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Chreif is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used given name globally It is held by 18 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Besides Saudi Arabia Chreif occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chreif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chreif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 78.69 |
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 18.03 |
| ﺷﺮﻳﻒ | shryf | 1.64 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻖ | ashryq | 1.64 |
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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 Chreif
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