El Kharif Surname

353,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,028 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Kharif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kharif 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
Egypt1,0071:91,2977,912
France161:4,151,420237,746
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Kharif Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Kharif is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 353,999th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,089,052 people. El Kharif occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Kharif live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,007 people, or 1 in 91,297. Beside Egypt this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 2 percent reside and Morocco, where 0 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 Harif942,265/
El Harrif89585/
El Charif8990/
El Haraif894/
El Haref82402/
El Karib8244/
El Harib824/
El Chariffe801/
El-Charif7837/
El Charef7832/
El Kareef7821/
El Kareb71442/
El Qarib71408/
El-Karib7116/
El Jarib714/
El Hareeb67216/
El Kareeb6764/
El Horryf671/
El-Qareef561/
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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 Kharif
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