Zerife Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Zerife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zerife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zerife (5,519) may also be a first name.

Zerife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zerife is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zerife.

How Common Is The Last Name Zerife? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zerife is the 295,590th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zerife reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 90,360th most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,519 people.

The surname Zerife is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Other than Ethiopia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zergife921/
Zerif91318/
Zerefe832,254/
Zerifi831,921/
Zarife83370/
Zeraif83281/
Zerrif83143/
Serife8332/
Šerife8312/
Zerief835/
Xerife834/
Zerify833/
Zerafe832/
Zearif831/
Şerife831/
Zerifa831/
Cerife831/
Zorife831/
Zerzif831/
Sherife771,490/
Zerrifi77489/
Zarifeh77252/
Cherife77114/
Jeriffe7714/
Zerefie774/
Zeraifi774/
Zariffe772/
Zareife771/
Zirifee771/
Zerefee771/
Serif731,394/
Zereb73291/
Zerib73249/
Zerev734/
Cerif733/
Zeref732/
Jerif731/
Zirif731/
Sheriffe71230/
Cheriffe7118/
Sherrife7116/
Zariffeh7113/
Sherifhe7110/
Zerriffi7110/
Sherifee715/
Jerriffe712/
Zerahiev711/
Zariefie711/
Sherifer711/
Zarifi676,489/
Šerifi671,933/
Serifi67967/
Zhereb67337/
Zirifi67206/
Serifa67190/
Seriff67158/
Sherriffe67125/
Sarife6791/
Djerif6782/
Seriev6747/
Zerefa6734/
Şerifi6733/
Zereva6730/
Zarify6726/
Zeraib6726/
Zherev6721/
Sirife6712/
Zerzev6712/
Zereev677/
Serefe675/
Serrif675/
Serief675/
Zerefi674/
Zereef674/
Serify673/
Jeriff673/
Gerifi673/
Geriff672/
Zirifa672/
Cyrife672/
Šerifa672/
Zerayf671/
Jereif671/
Ćerifi671/
Sheriffie671/
Zérifi671/
Zereab671/
Jerrif671/
Zerufi671/
Cerifi671/
Jerafe671/
Cirife671/
Scerif671/
Sierif671/
Sorife671/
Ziereb671/
Scherifer670/

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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 Zerife
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