Yahia-Chérif Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Yahia-Chérif Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Yahia.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yahia-Chérif Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Yahia-Cherif (146) are calculated separately.

Yahia-Chérif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yahia-Chérif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yahia-Chérif is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may be rendered as: Yahia-Cherif. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yahia-Chérif? popularity and diffusion

Yahia-Chérif is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Yahia-Chérif reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,737,638. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Fribourg, where 67 percent reside and Canton of Vaud, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Switzerland it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 33 percent reside and France, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yahia-Cherif97146/
Yahia-Chrif961/
Yahia Chérif922/
Yahiacherif871/
Yahia Chrif871/
Yahia Cherif835,154/
Yahiya Cherif801/
Yahia Cherief801/
Yahya Chrif781/
Yahya Cherif751/
Yahaya Cherif727/
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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-Chérif
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