El-Shareif Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

El-Shareif Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Shareif 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
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Shareif Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Shareif has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of El-Shareif.

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

It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname El-Shareif is primarily found in Oceania, where 57 percent of El-Shareif live; 57 percent live in Australasia and 57 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand El-Shareif is most common in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent live. Other than New Zealand this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 7 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-Sharif95513/
El-Sharef952/
El-Sharief90124/
El-Shareef9013/
El Shareif907/
El-Shereif905/
El-Scharif901/
El-Sherif849,242/
El Sharif841,148/
El Sharef84154/
El-Charif8437/
El-Sheref845/
El-Sherief80787/
El Shareef80325/
El Shereif80215/
El-Shereef80154/
El Sharief8016/
El-Sheriff802/
El Sharife801/
El Shariff801/
El Sarif78261/
El-Zarif7818/
El-Saraf784/
El-Serif781/
El Sherif7473,788/
El Sheref74215/
El-Zareef74122/
El Charif7490/
El Charef7432/
El-Sarraf746/
El Sharaf741/
El Sareef741/
El Sherief70706/
El Shereef70156/
El Sheriff7023/
El Shireef704/
El Sharraf701/
El Zarif67219/
El Saraf67191/
El Sherieff674/
El Chariffe671/
El Shaerouf671/
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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-Shareif
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis