Sheriff Surname
Approximately 131,958 people bear this surname
Sheriff Surname Definition:
Offic. 'the Sheriff'; v. Shreeve.
Robert le Shirreve, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Lena le Shireve, Suffolk, ibid.
John Schiref, Northumberland, ibid.
Thomas Shurreve, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameSheriff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 55,463 | 1:128 | 19 |
| Liberia | 29,593 | 1:149 | 12 |
| Nigeria | 10,579 | 1:16,745 | 1,610 |
| Sri Lanka | 8,917 | 1:2,334 | 311 |
| United States | 5,278 | 1:68,674 | 7,986 |
| Ghana | 4,018 | 1:6,725 | 909 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Gambia | 2,352 | 1:818 | 130 |
| England | 1,607 | 1:34,672 | 4,581 |
| India | 1,316 | 1:582,876 | 28,318 |
| Egypt | 946 | 1:97,184 | 8,316 |
| United Arab Emirates | 645 | 1:14,205 | 1,746 |
| Canada | 589 | 1:62,556 | 7,315 |
| Australia | 583 | 1:46,305 | 5,791 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| South Africa | 442 | 1:122,574 | 14,496 |
| Malaysia | 433 | 1:68,116 | 4,997 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Tanzania | 198 | 1:267,382 | 21,207 |
| Guyana | 165 | 1:4,620 | 816 |
| Oman | 157 | 1:23,490 | 2,053 |
| Jamaica | 154 | 1:18,636 | 1,680 |
| New Zealand | 126 | 1:35,939 | 6,159 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Scotland | 98 | 1:54,631 | 4,602 |
| Mauritius | 81 | 1:15,968 | 3,377 |
| Netherlands | 73 | 1:231,331 | 30,466 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Gibraltar | 41 | 1:828 | 151 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Ireland | 33 | 1:142,695 | 6,688 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 594 | 1:41,036 | 5,189 |
| Scotland | 235 | 1:15,929 | 1,736 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Guernsey | 7 | 1:4,665 | 827 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 712 | 1:70,532 | 7,602 |
Sheriff (51,741) may also be a first name.
Sheriff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Offic. 'the Sheriff'; v. Shreeve.
Robert le Shirreve, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Lena le Shireve, Suffolk, ibid.
John Schiref, Northumberland, ibid.
Thomas Shurreve, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Johannes Schyref, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.'
Thomas le Shirreve. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
1786. Married — Alex. Sherriff and Mary Chilcott: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the office of shire-reeve, from Old English scir(ge)rëfa. Robert Schirraff recorded in Aberdeen, 1398 (CRA., p. 373) is probably Robertus Schirafe, juror on inquisition there in 1400 (REA., I, p. 202). Andrew Shinefs published his Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Edinburgh, 1790. Shiref 1634, Shirefe 1656, Sirreff 1688. The forms with -s may be genitive = Sheriff's son.
(English) The shire reeve, the chief civil officer of the crown in the county, a sheriff.
From the office, Anglo-Saxon scir-gerefa, i.e., "shire-reeve." The Domesday equivalent is vicecomes, which implies the deputy or substitute of a count, whose jurisdiction extended over a shire or county.
From the Old Norse, Greifi; nickname from the Anglo-Saxon, Geréfa; Engl. Reeve, Shirereeve; from the German, Schriefer; from the Danish, Schreve; a personal name.
Sheriff: a royal officer in the county, and only inserted here because the great noble was often nominated to be a Sheriff. Probably the surname Sheriff comes from some Sheriffs officer.
Sheriff Demographics
Average Sheriff Salary in
United States
$40,456 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sheriff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheriff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sheriff (Arabic: شيريف, Marathi: शेरी) is found in Sierra Leone more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheriff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sheriff is the 4,271st most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 55,226 people. The last name Sheriff occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Sheriff are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sheriff is also the 17,962nd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 51,741 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Sierra Leone, where it is held by 55,463 people, or 1 in 128. Not including Sierra Leone it exists in 105 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
Sheriff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheriff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheriff last name grew 741 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 271 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 58 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 157 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 386 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sheriff Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (81%) in Ireland, Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sheriff last name are 17.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.93% being registered with the party.
The amount Sheriff earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 40.24% more than the national average, earning 485,328 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.12% more than the national average, earning R 275,940 per year; in United States they earn 6.24% less than the national average, earning $40,456 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $53,632 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheriff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff in the Marathi language | ||
| शेरी | seri | 66.67 |
| शेरीन | serina | 33.33 |
| Sheriff in the Arabic language | ||
| شيريف | shyryf | - |
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