Shrieff Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Shrieff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shrieff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia731:60,3915,286
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shrieff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shrieff Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shrieff is found most in Liberia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shrieff.

How Common Is The Last Name Shrieff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shrieff is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shrieff are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 60,391. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 53 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 29 percent are found and Bong County, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schrieff9354/
Shrief926,442/
Shriff92204/
Shreff9213/
Schreff86123/
Schrief86119/
Shraief8615/
Shrieef8615/
Shrieaf8614/
Shruiff867/
Shreiff867/
Shrriff867/
Shrieft863/
Schriff862/
Shriffe862/
Shraiff861/
Shsriff861/
Shreeff861/
Shriefs860/
Shrif836,188/
Shref834,828/
Srief834/
Sriff833/
Schroiff80282/
Schruiff8015/
Schrepff8011/
Schreffe801/
Shreiefe801/
Schrriff801/
Schroeff801/
Shreef7712,148/
Shreif773,988/
Shrife77533/
Shraif77393/
Shrift77140/
Shreaf77132/
Shrefh77108/
Schref7726/
Scriff7723/
Chrief779/
Chriff779/
Shraef779/
Shrrif778/
Shrefe777/
Shsrif772/
Chreff772/
Shriev771/
Schrif771/
Shroef771/
Sh'rif771/
Crieff771/
Shriof771/
Shroif771/
Shrref771/
Shrifs771/
Shryef771/
Sraiff771/
Shrieb770/
Sreiff770/
Shriew770/
Srif7354/
Sref736/
Schrift71235/
Schrepf71138/
Schroif7147/
Schroef7134/
Chreief7129/
Shrayef7120/
Schruef7117/
Schreft718/
Chraief717/
Shreefh717/
Shreeaf712/
Shreeif712/
Shsreef712/
Shrievs711/
Shshrif711/
Sshreef711/
Screiff711/
Schraif710/
Schreif710/
Shrouff710/
Chrif676,538/
Creff67757/
Schrouff67160/
Shriv67129/
Shrew6788/
Criff6781/
Schrauff6755/
Scref6733/
Chref6718/
Sreef679/
Shryf678/
Schroepf676/
Shrayyef674/
Zrief674/
Ch'reief673/
Chreyeff671/
Chreyief671/
Shrev671/
Shrib671/
Sraif671/
Shreb671/
S'Rif671/
Srifs671/
Ssref671/
Srift670/

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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 Shrieff
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