Sharif is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sharif
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sharif

How popular is Sharif?

Sharif is common in Pakistan.

Sharif is ranked 469 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sharifs grew by 56.15942 per cent to 3879 since 2000 and ranked 8493 after elevating 3102 spots. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 39.16 30.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 25.96 25.89
White 25.52 25.08
Others 6.86 15.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 2.9
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0.24
Sharif is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Bangladesh which signifies that it is originated from Bangladesh. Around 1065426 people have been found who wears Sharif as their family name. Sharif is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
5,868 Japan10
28,661 Serbia8
1,031 South Korea8
1,650 Ethiopia7
98,953 Belarus7
325 Djibouti3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
32,086 Mexico3
15,956 Venezuela3
5,859 Mauritius2
31,767 Greece2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
95,312 Argentina2
24,269 Peru2
14,521 Portugal2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
17,692 Armenia2
2,057 Myanmar1
3,275 Nepal1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,572 Macau1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
6,820 Angola1
6,212 Jamaica1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,196 Liberia1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,190 Barbados1
5,467 Haiti1
50,549 Georgia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
4,171 Rwanda1
4,435 Togo1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
34,581 Chile1
36,814 Romania1
801 Cape Verde1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
24,771 Colombia1
19,533 Uruguay1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,181 Botswana1
7,790 Zambia1
7,110 Bosnia1
20,172 Hungary1
11,486 Estonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,337 Cyprus43
2,494 Guyana39
1,135 Iceland35
816 Maldives27
3,873 Thailand24
9,426 Azerbaijan22
2,101 China21
35,676 Kyrgyzstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
414 Brunei99
18,065 Belgium97
2,516 Hong Kong95
3,961 Ireland93
27,285 Kazakhstan91
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Sharif:
362 Kuwait871
237 Qatar749
21,418 Philippines644
8,541 Morocco604
11,162 South Africa566
11,594 Algeria536
6,864 Uzbekistan530
2,484 Israel459
4,639 Sri Lanka456
14,526 Turkey454
7,687 Netherlands363
2,789 Sweden363
27,922 France355
1,274 Singapore349
17,922 Poland334
8,684 Australia325
2,199 Scotland322
29,743 Italy314
46,008 Russia313
2,070 Norway308
39,161 Brazil286
4,544 Austria262
41,088 Indonesia236
14,806 Spain226
6,220 Tunisia198
3,269 Denmark182
2,488 Wales158
857 Fiji146
5,813 Finland133
9,314 Switzerland126
44,434 Ukraine115
Countries with thousands of Sharif:
601 Tanzania8,829
334 Syria8,818
1,420 Egypt6,946
1,097 Uganda5,788
1,384 England5,695
147 United Arab Emirates4,640
5,336 Nigeria4,432
9,161 United States4,033
240 Jordan3,452
4,166 Germany2,152
2,814 Kenya2,040
1,886 Ghana1,757
56 Bahrain1,539
755 Tajikistan1,371
402 Oman1,207
742 Lebanon1,046
4,481 Canada1,000
Countries with ten thousands of Sharif:
993 India61,509
187 Iran53,327
112 Sudan34,021
139 Iraq27,725
98 Afghanistan26,258
125 Saudi Arabia21,009
68 Somalia20,362
299 Malaysia13,684
20 Libya13,495
250 Yemen13,433
Countries with hundred thousands of Sharif:
44 Bangladesh409,763
118 Pakistan293,940
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Sharif Namesakes

  • Aamna Sharif, Actress
  • Aarsh Sharif, Shehla Masood's brother
  • Mo Shariff, Soccer player
  • Abdallah Sharif, Soccer player
  • Abdulrahman Al Sharif, Yousuf Al Sharif's son
  • Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh, Film director
  • Aamna Sharif, Actress
  • Abid Sharifov, Politician
  • Aamna Sharif, Actress
  • Afzal Sharif, Actor
  • In 0, Aaron Sharif played the role of Bruno in adventure, sci-fi movie Offworld.

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