El-Sharief Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Sharief Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Sharief 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
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

El-Sharief Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Sharief occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 1,620,164th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname El-Sharief is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El-Sharief are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Beside Egypt this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Libya, where 1 percent live and Sudan, where 1 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-Sherief90787/
El Sharief9016/
El-Shareif9014/
El-Shareef9013/
El-Scharif901/
El-Sherif849,242/
El Sharif841,148/
El Sharef84154/
El-Charif8437/
El-Sheref845/
El Sherief80706/
El Shareef80325/
El-Shereef80154/
El Shareif807/
El-Shereif805/
El-Sheriff802/
El Shariff801/
El Sharife801/
El-Sheriif801/
El Sarif78261/
El-Zarif7818/
El-Serif781/
El Sherieff764/
El Sherif7473,788/
El Sheref74215/
El-Zareef74122/
El Charif7490/
El Charef7432/
El Sareef741/
El Shereif70215/
El Shereef70156/
El Sheriff7023/
El Zarif67219/
El Chariffe671/
El Zareef632/
El Sarouf631/
El Zareeb533/
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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-Sharief
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