Sareef Surname
Approximately 950 people bear this surname
Sareef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 687 | 1:1,116,543 | 45,719 |
| Pakistan | 211 | 1:846,653 | 11,771 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sareef (1,195) may also be a first name.
Sareef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sareef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sareef (Hindi: सरीफ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sareef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 376,479th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,671,101 people. The surname Sareef occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sareef are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 72 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sareef is also the 229,256th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 1,195 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 687 people, or 1 in 1,116,543. In India Sareef is primarily found in: Kerala, where 66 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent reside and Uttarkhand, where 8 percent reside. Beside India it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 22 percent reside and Qatar, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sareef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sareef in the Hindi language | ||
| सरीफ | saripha | 77.09 |
| शरीफ | saripha | 22.91 |
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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 Sareef
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