El Sarif Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Sarif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sarif 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
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Jordan141:631,60313,893
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El Sarif Last Name Facts

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

El Sarif occurs most in Egypt. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Sarif click here.

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

The surname El Sarif is the 985,740th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of El Sarif reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Aside from Egypt El Sarif is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 5 percent live and Yemen, 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 Sharif941,148/
El Sharief8916/
El Shareif897/
El Sharife891/
El Shariff891/
El Zarif88219/
El Sherif8273,788/
El-Sharif82513/
El Sharef82154/
El Charif8290/
El Sareef821/
El Sherief78706/
El Shareef78325/
El Shereif78215/
El-Sharief78124/
El Sheriff7823/
El-Shareif7814/
El-Scharif781/
El-Zarif7518/
El-Serif751/
El Sherieff744/
El Chariffe741/
El-Sherif719,242/
El Sheref71215/
El-Charif7137/
El Charef7132/
El-Sharef712/
El Zareef712/
El-Sherief67787/
El Shereef67156/
El-Shareef6713/
El-Shereif675/
El-Sheriff672/
El-Zareef59122/
El-Sheref595/
El Zareeb593/
El-Shereef56154/
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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 Sarif
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