El-Sheref Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya

El-Sheref Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Sheref 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
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

El-Sheref Last Name Facts

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

El-Sheref is most common in Egypt. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El-Sheref.

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

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El-Sheref are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Besides Egypt it occurs in one country. It is also found in Libya, where 20 percent reside.

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-Sherief95787/
El-Shereef95154/
El-Shereif955/
El-Sherif899,242/
El Sheref89215/
El-Sharef892/
El Sherief84706/
El Shereif84215/
El Shereef84156/
El-Sharief84124/
El-Shareif8414/
El-Shareef8413/
El-Sheriff842/
El-Serif821/
El Sherieff804/
El Sherif7873,788/
El-Sharif78513/
El Shiref78183/
El Sharef78154/
El-Cherif789/
El Shareef74325/
El Sheriff7423/
El Sharief7416/
El Shareif747/
El Sherife744/
El Shireef744/
El-Scharif741/
El Sharif671,148/
El Cherif67369/
El Sherib674/
El Sareef671/
El Shariff631/
El Cherife631/
El Sarif59261/
El Chérif561/
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-Sheref
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