Kerif Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kerif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kerif Last Name Facts

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

Kerif (Russian: Кериф) occurs most in Malaysia. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerif? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Kerif is primarily found in Asia, where 55 percent of Kerif reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Perak, where 100 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 9 percent live and Belarus, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kherif911,584/
Keraif912/
Kerrif911/
Kierif911/
Kerife911/
Kherief83891/
Kheraif83103/
Keraiff8331/
Kheriff837/
Kcherif834/
Kherrif833/
Kereiff832/
Khereif831/
Kherife831/
Keruiff830/
Karif80209/
Kirif8032/
Korif807/
Keref806/
Keriv805/
Cerif803/
Keriw802/
Kheirief771/
Cherif73140,757/
Kharif736,090/
Kheriv7337/
Khorif7334/
Keriev7324/
Keraib7319/
Koirif7318/
Karrif734/
Kyriof734/
Kariff733/
Kereiv732/
Kerefe732/
Keriov732/
Keraiv731/
Kheref731/
Korrif731/
Kajrif731/
Kergef731/
Koraif731/
Khirif731/
Karief731/
Querif730/
Khorief67199/
Cheriff67188/
Cheraif67115/
Cheirif6772/
Kharief6757/
Chereif6719/
Cherrif6714/
Kirieff6711/
Kherrib6711/
Khoraif674/
Kerziev674/
Khoreif674/
Cheruif672/
Kheriev672/
Khariff672/
Ccherif672/
Khereuf671/
Kharrif671/
Kerechf671/
Khérief671/
Querife671/
Cheïrif671/
Cheerif671/
Quereif670/
Ceeriff670/

Kerif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerif in the Russian language
Керифkerif-

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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 Kerif
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