El-Sharif Surname

604,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El-Sharif Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Sharif 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
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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  • Average Salary in:
    Canada

El-Sharif Demographics

Average El-Sharif Salary in
Canada

$48,000 CAD

Per year
Rank:
146,886 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.53008E-5
Rank: 181,343 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
96.61%
Sample size: 4 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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El-Sharif Last Name Facts

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

El-Sharif occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 604,614th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,205,743 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of El-Sharif reside; 48 percent reside in West Asia and 48 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most commonly used in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Outside of Saudi Arabia El-Sharif occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 42 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

El-Sharif Last Name Statistics demography

El-Sharif earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 3.39% less than the national average, earning $48,000 CAD per year.

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-Sharief95124/
El-Shareif9514/
El-Scharif951/
El-Sherif899,242/
El Sharif891,148/
El-Charif8937/
El-Sharef892/
El-Sherief84787/
El Sharief8416/
El-Shareef8413/
El Shareif847/
El-Shereif845/
El-Sheriff842/
El Sharife841/
El Shariff841/
El Sarif82261/
El-Zarif8218/
El-Serif821/
El Sherif7873,788/
El Sharef78154/
El Charif7890/
El-Sheref785/
El Sherief74706/
El Shareef74325/
El Shereif74215/
El-Shereef74154/
El Sheriff7423/
El Zarif71219/
El Sherieff704/
El Chariffe701/
El Sheref67215/
El-Zareef67122/
El Charef6732/
El Sareef671/
El Shereef63156/
El Zareef562/
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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 El-Sharif
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