Sherif Surname
Approximately 317,300 people bear this surname
Sherif Surname User-submission:
A name used to indicate blood relations with the last Prophet in Islam. Prevalent in parts of Africa and Western Asia.
Sherif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 151,806 | 1:606 | 76 |
| Libya | 34,061 | 1:183 | 23 |
| Iraq | 29,569 | 1:1,184 | 174 |
| Ethiopia | 23,342 | 1:4,179 | 688 |
| Yemen | 17,612 | 1:1,500 | 229 |
| Syria | 16,718 | 1:1,155 | 149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,415 | 1:2,963 | 380 |
| Sudan | 7,560 | 1:4,962 | 714 |
| Nigeria | 5,453 | 1:32,485 | 2,704 |
| Lebanon | 4,234 | 1:1,331 | 247 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,271 | 1:4,034 | 505 |
| Jordan | 2,129 | 1:4,153 | 851 |
| Kuwait | 1,842 | 1:2,063 | 260 |
| Palestine | 1,707 | 1:2,665 | 565 |
| Bulgaria | 1,549 | 1:4,505 | 633 |
| Liberia | 1,504 | 1:2,931 | 384 |
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| India | 1,158 | 1:662,405 | 31,175 |
| United States | 605 | 1:599,106 | 48,792 |
| England | 252 | 1:221,103 | 18,649 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Qatar | 237 | 1:9,949 | 1,090 |
| Pakistan | 222 | 1:804,702 | 11,409 |
| Canada | 189 | 1:194,950 | 19,131 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Russia | 128 | 1:1,125,961 | 83,965 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Oman | 116 | 1:31,793 | 2,275 |
| Germany | 80 | 1:1,006,318 | 69,119 |
| Sweden | 79 | 1:124,642 | 8,853 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Switzerland | 44 | 1:186,657 | 16,684 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Tunisia | 43 | 1:14,201 | 2,330 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Kosovo | 17 | 1:109,522 | 5,683 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1:964,912 | 14,691 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Sherif (564,091) may also be a first name.
Sherif Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A name used to indicate blood relations with the last Prophet in Islam. Prevalent in parts of Africa and Western Asia.
- anon20Sherif Demographics
Average Male Sherif Height
176.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sherif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sherif (Arabic: شريّف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺮﻳﻒ, Hindi: शेरिफ, Marathi: शेरीफ, Russian: Шериф) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sherif.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherif? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sherif is the 1,734th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,967 people. The surname Sherif is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Sherif live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 61 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Sherif is also the 1,769th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 564,091 people.
The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 151,806 people, or 1 in 606. Outside of Egypt it is found in 106 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 11 percent reside and Iraq, where 9 percent reside.
Sherif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sherif has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sherif surname increased 2,630 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 8,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sherif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Shiite (79%) in Lebanon and Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sherif surname are 6.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.06% registered with the party.
The amount Sherif earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.23% less than the national average, earning 210,329 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.87% less than the national average, earning R 164,280 per year; in United States they earn 11.45% more than the national average, earning $48,091 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.25% less than the national average, earning $45,089 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sherif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sherif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺮﻳﻒ | shryf | - |
| Sherif in the Hindi language | ||
| शेरिफ | seripha | 86.67 |
| शेरीफ | seripha | 13.33 |
| Sherif in the Marathi language | ||
| शेरीफ | seripha | 64.86 |
| शेरीफ़ | serifa | 29.73 |
| शेिरफ़ | seirafa | 5.41 |
| Sherif in the Russian language | ||
| Шериф | serif | - |
| Sherif in the Arabic language | ||
| شريّف | shryf | - |
| شريف | shryf | - |
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Footnotes
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