El-Charif Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

El-Charif Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Charif.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Charif Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
England91:6,190,895170,599
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

El-Charif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Charif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El-Charif occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Charif? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. El-Charif occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of El-Charif live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany El-Charif is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 60 percent are found, Bavaria, where 33 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found. Besides Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent are found and Sweden, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Scharif951/
El-Sharif89513/
El Charif8990/
El-Cherif899/
El-Sharief84124/
El-Shareif8414/
El Harif822,265/
El-Zarif8218/
El Chariffe801/
El Sharif781,148/
El Kharif781,028/
El Harrif78585/
El Cherif78369/
El Charef7832/
El Haraif784/
El-Sharef782/
El Chérif781/
El Sharief7416/
El-Shareef7413/
El Shareif747/
El Shariff741/
El Sharife741/
El Haref71402/
El Sarif71261/
El Zarif71219/
El Harib714/
El Sharef67154/
El-Zareef67122/
El Shareef63325/
El Jarib594/
El Hareeb56216/
El Zareef562/
El Sareef561/
El Horryf561/
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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 El-Charif
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