Chriff Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Chriff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chriff (150) may also be a first name.
Chriff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chriff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chriff (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chriff? popularity and diffusion
Chriff is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chriff reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Chriff is also the 752,187th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 150 people.
The last name Chriff is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Chriff is most numerous in: Tagant Region, where 57 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 29 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 11 percent live and Morocco, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chriff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chriff in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ | ashryf | - |
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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 Chriff
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