El Sherif Surname

7,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73,788 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Sherif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Sherif 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
Yemen35,7571:739103
Egypt11,2571:8,167995
Jordan9,7861:904125
Palestine6,8401:66566
Syria3,4911:5,529605
United Arab Emirates2,3891:3,835486
Lebanon1,6981:3,320625
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Kuwait6851:5,548756
Tunisia6621:92256
Iraq941:372,5716,843
Oman631:58,5392,784
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England111:5,065,278148,650
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
France31:22,140,907385,998
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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El Sherif (443) may also be a first name.

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El Sherif Demographics

El Sherif Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,009 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Sherif Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sherif is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Sherif.

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

This last name is the 7,691st most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 98,763 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of El Sherif reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 54 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 407,208th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 443 people.

El Sherif is most frequent in Yemen, where it is borne by 35,757 people, or 1 in 739. In Yemen El Sherif is most numerous in: Hajjah Governorate, where 15 percent are found, Al Jawf Governorate, where 14 percent are found and Ma'rib Governorate, where 13 percent are found. Barring Yemen this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 15 percent are found and Jordan, where 13 percent are found.

El Sherif Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.

The amount El Sherif earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 44.99% more than the national average, earning $62,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.12% more than the national average, earning $51,233 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 Sherief95706/
El Shereif95215/
El Sheriff9523/
El Sherife954/
El Sherieff904/
El-Sherif899,242/
El Sharif891,148/
El Cherif89369/
El Sheref89215/
El Sherib894/
El-Sherief84787/
El Shereef84156/
El Sharief8416/
El Shareif847/
El-Shereif845/
El-Sheriff842/
El Cherife841/
El Shariff841/
El Sarif82261/
El-Serif821/
El-Sharif78513/
El Shiref78183/
El Sharef78154/
El-Cherif789/
El-Sheref785/
El Chérif781/
El Shareef74325/
El-Shereef74154/
El-Sharief74124/
El-Shareif7414/
El Shireef744/
El-Scharif741/
El Serheib741/
El-Sharef672/
El Sareef671/
El-Shareef6313/
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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 Sherif
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