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
Scherif occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherif? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Scherif live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. Scherif is also the 1,467,136th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 47 people.
Scherif is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Scherif is primarily found in: Hesse, where 75 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent are found and Italy, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Scherif
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis