Sherift Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sherift Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Sherift (26) may also be a first name.
Sherift Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sherift Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sherift has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sherift.
How Common Is The Last Name Sherift? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Sherift live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most common first name on earth, held by 26 people.
The surname Sherift is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Sherift is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 20 percent are found and Malaysia, where 20 percent are found.
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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
- 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 Sherift
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