El Charif Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Qatar

El Charif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Charif 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
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
England11:55,718,059489,080
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El Charif Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Charif occurs most in Brazil. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Charif.

How Common Is The Last Name El Charif? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,967,751st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname El Charif is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of El Charif live; 40 percent live in South America and 31 percent live in Luso-South America.

This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 7,645,512. In Brazil El Charif is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 43 percent are found, São Paulo, where 32 percent are found and Paraná, where 18 percent are found. Other than Brazil El Charif exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

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 Harif942,265/
El Chariffe901/
El Sharif891,148/
El Kharif891,028/
El Harrif89585/
El Cherif89369/
El-Charif8937/
El Charef8932/
El Haraif894/
El Chérif891/
El Sharief8416/
El Shareif847/
El Sharife841/
El Shariff841/
El-Scharif841/
El Haref82402/
El Sarif82261/
El Zarif82219/
El Harib824/
El-Sharif78513/
El Sharef78154/
El-Cherif789/
El Shareef74325/
El-Sharief74124/
El-Shareif7414/
El-Zarif7118/
El Jarib714/
El Hareeb67216/
El Zareef672/
El-Sharef672/
El Sareef671/
El Horryf671/
El-Shareef6313/
El-Zareef56122/
El Zareeb563/
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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 Charif
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