Crif Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Crif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Crif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Crif (26) may also be a first name.

Crif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Crif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Crif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is most common in Taiwan. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Crif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Crif live; 70 percent live in East Asia and 70 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 3,349,249. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 100 percent are found. Not including Taiwan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chrif896,538/
Criff8981/
Crift8955/
Crief8925/
Crifz894/
Crife893/
Craif892/
Cruif891/
Crifp891/
Crifs890/
Chreif80560/
Ch'rif80136/
Chrife8028/
Scriff8023/
Chraif8017/
Chriff809/
Chrift804/
Crisfe803/
Chërif801/
Crieff801/
Schrif801/
Chrrif801/
Chrihf801/
Chsrif801/
Criffs801/
Krif75639/
Crib75241/
Criv75131/
Srif7554/
Zrif7510/
Jrif751/
Qrif751/
Schrift73235/
Schrief73119/
Cruijff7355/
Schroif7347/
Ch'rife7312/
Ch'reif737/
Schriff732/
Criffth731/
Screiff731/
Schreif730/
Schraif730/
Shrif676,188/
Krief672,673/
Craib671,601/
Creef671,121/
Creff67757/
Kreif67549/
Jraif67479/
Creyf67372/
Schroiff67282/
Zreif67205/
Kruif67144/
Kraif67143/
Chriv67141/
Creft67140/
Krift67104/
Schrieff6754/
Scref6733/
Kriff6731/
Kriof6729/
Khrif6722/
Krife6721/
Chref6718/
Schruiff6715/
Zraif6712/
Crefs675/
Srief674/
Zrief674/
Crewf674/
Sriff673/
Chrib672/
Jreif672/
Jrifh671/
Kripf671/
Srifs671/
Crefe671/
Zrifh671/
Scriv671/
Sraif671/
Kroif671/
S'Rif671/
Schrriff671/
Chrèf671/
Cryfh671/
Creib670/
Criew670/
Krifs670/
Srift670/

Crif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Crif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒashryf-

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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 Crif
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