Yahia-Cherif Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Yahia-Cherif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
The alternate forms: Yahia-Chérif (6) are calculated separately.
Yahia-Cherif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yahia-Cherif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yahia-Cherif is most common in France. It can also occur in the variant forms: Yahia-Chérif. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yahia-Cherif? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yahia-Cherif is the 1,459,453rd most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Yahia-Cherif reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Yahia-Cherif is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 540,022. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 76 percent reside, Centre-Val de Loire, where 10 percent reside and Occitanie, where 8 percent reside. Outside of France this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahia-Chérif | 97 | 6 | / |
| Yahiacherif | 96 | 1 | / |
| Yahia-Chrif | 96 | 1 | / |
| Yahia Cherif | 92 | 5,154 | / |
| Yahiya Cherif | 88 | 1 | / |
| Yahia Cherief | 88 | 1 | / |
| Yahia Chrif | 87 | 1 | / |
| Yahia Chérif | 83 | 2 | / |
| Yahya Cherif | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yahaya Cherif | 80 | 7 | / |
| Yahya Chrif | 78 | 1 | / |
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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 Yahia-Cherif
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