El-Cherif Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El-Cherif Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Cherif 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
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El-Cherif Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Cherif is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of El-Cherif click here.

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

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. El-Cherif is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of El-Cherif live; 33 percent live in Western Europe and 22 percent live in Germanic Europe.

El-Cherif is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia El-Cherif is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Outside of Australia El-Cherif is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

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-Sherif899,242/
El Cherif89369/
El-Charif8937/
El-Sherief84787/
El-Shereif845/
El-Sheriff842/
El Cherife841/
El-Serif821/
El Sherif7873,788/
El Herrif78273/
El Charif7890/
El-Sheref785/
El Chérif781/
El Sherief74706/
El Shereif74215/
El-Shereef74154/
El Sheriff7423/
El Sherife744/
El Sherieff704/
El Sheref67215/
El Charef6732/
El Sherib674/
El Shereef63156/
El Shiref56183/
El Shireef534/
El Serheib531/
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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-Cherif
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