Sariff Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Sariff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 423 | 1:69,726 | 5,068 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Sariff (237) may also be a first name.
Sariff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sariff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sariff (Hindi: सरीफ, Marathi: शरीफ, Oriya: ସରିଫ) is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sariff click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sariff? popularity and diffusion
It is the 609,110th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sariff live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sariff is also the 581,650th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 237 people.
The surname Sariff is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 69,726. In Malaysia Sariff is mostly found in: Selangor, where 19 percent live, Penang, where 16 percent live and Johor, where 14 percent live. Barring Malaysia Sariff occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent live and Singapore, where 4 percent live.
Sariff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sariff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sariff surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sariff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sariff in the Hindi language | ||
| सरीफ | saripha | - |
| Sariff in the Marathi language | ||
| शरीफ | saripha | - |
| Sariff in the Oriya language | ||
| ସରିଫ | saripha | 66.67 |
| ଶାରିଫ୍ | sariph | 33.33 |
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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 Sariff
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