Chrif Surname
Approximately 6,538 people bear this surname
Chrif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 3,647 | 1:9,453 | 1,308 |
| Mauritania | 2,567 | 1:1,595 | 202 |
| Spain | 130 | 1:359,631 | 20,401 |
| Tunisia | 64 | 1:9,541 | 1,592 |
| France | 64 | 1:1,037,855 | 114,367 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Chrif (3,452) may also be a first name.
Chrif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chrif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chrif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chrif? popularity and diffusion
Chrif is the 75,128th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,114,645 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chrif live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Mahgreb. Chrif is also the 121,032nd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 3,452 people.
The surname Chrif is most numerous in Morocco, where it is held by 3,647 people, or 1 in 9,453. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 39 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chrif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chrif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 85.26 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻒ | alshryf | 6.91 |
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 5.79 |
| ﺷﺮﻳﻒ | shryf | 1.73 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻭﻑ | ashrwf | 0.1 |
| ﺁﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 0.1 |
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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 Chrif
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