El Sherifi Surname
Approximately 3,024 people bear this surname
El Sherifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,607 | 1:10,136 | 1,260 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| United Arab Emirates | 92 | 1:99,590 | 8,729 |
| Syria | 44 | 1:438,660 | 5,021 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
El Sherifi Demographics
El Sherifi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Sherifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Sherifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Sherifi is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Sherifi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 146,568th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,409,903 people. The last name El Sherifi occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sherifi are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
It is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 2,607 people, or 1 in 10,136. In Yemen El Sherifi is most numerous in: Dhamar Governorate, where 30 percent are found, Ma'rib Governorate, where 15 percent are found and Al Bayda Governorate, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Yemen this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 9 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found.
El Sherifi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
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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
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