Chrife Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Chrife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Chrife (34) may also be a first name.
Chrife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chrife Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chrife (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chrife? popularity and diffusion
Chrife is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Chrife reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 34 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 50 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 11 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 14 percent are found and Algeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chrife Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chrife in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 40.63 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻔﻪ | ashryfh | 18.75 |
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | 18.75 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻔﻪ | alshryfh | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻒ | alshryf | 6.25 |
| ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻔﻪ | ashryfh | 3.13 |
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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 Chrife
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