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
The last name Sareef (Hindi: सरीफ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sareef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 376,479th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,671,101 people. The surname Sareef is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sareef live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 229,256th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,195 people.
Sareef is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 687 people, or 1 in 1,116,543. In India Sareef is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 66 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent are found and Uttarkhand, where 8 percent are found. Barring India Sareef occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 22 percent are found and Qatar, where 3 percent are found.
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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