Scherif Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Scherif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Scherif (47) may also be a first name.
Scherif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scherif is most common in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Scherif click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherif? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Scherif is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Scherif reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Scherif is also the 1,467,136th most common first name internationally It is held by 47 people.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 75 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Germany Scherif occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent reside and Italy, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Scherif
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