Sheriff is used as a family name or surname in Liberia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sheriff
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Liberia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sheriff

How popular is Sheriff?

Sheriff is common in Liberia.

Sheriff is ranked 4204 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sheriffs grew by 18.07809 per cent to 4657 since 2000 and ranked 7180 after elevating 589 spots. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.77 69.85
Black 29.57 19.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.73 6.06
Others 1.98 2.94
Hispanic or Latino 1.42 1.12
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0.23
Sheriff is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Sierra Leone is ahead in terms of density. Around 129926 people have been found who wears Sheriff as their family name. Sheriff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
1,650 Ethiopia7
6,072 China7
812 Monaco5
234 Guinea4
2,980 Malawi4
1,941 Sudan4
5,909 Bangladesh3
661,536 Indonesia3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
19,865 Iran3
7,993 Jordan3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
12,161 Wales2
35,969 Denmark2
23,344 Austria2
18,625 Japan2
4,689 Maldives2
95,312 Argentina2
147,165 Czech Republic2
38,063 Mauritania1
6,820 Angola1
31,584 Peru1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,970 Grenada1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,078 Lesotho1
42,479 Greece1
3,350 Fiji1
5,467 Haiti1
56,169 Mexico1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
66,560 Philippines1
340 Comoros1
700 Somalia1
15,705 Cameroon1
21,562 Portugal1
2,211 Brunei1
14,644 Tunisia1
3,952 Yemen1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
33,012 Belgium45
51,408 Spain37
1,243 Iceland32
36,547 Switzerland27
21,901 Chile27
154 Gibraltar25
46,826 Zimbabwe22
4,647 Thailand21
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
12,285 Burkina Faso15
4,648 Costa Rica11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
1,795 Bahrain86
4,216 Singapore77
31,155 Netherlands75
3,598 Mauritius73
4,790 Ireland71
12,538 Norway59
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Sheriff:
3,320 Malaysia734
7,635 Canada544
5,873 Australia501
10,255 Tanzania462
23,918 Germany437
1,232 Oman433
2,231 Bolivia389
15,335 Algeria357
14,898 Morocco336
755 Qatar302
1,548 Kuwait244
42,934 France233
1,506 Jamaica178
789 Guyana174
50,581 Italy146
31,070 Turkey140
6,297 New Zealand118
75,961 Brazil111
Countries with thousands of Sheriff:
308 Sri Lanka7,956
8,064 United States4,647
895 Saudi Arabia4,040
927 Ghana3,754
2,786 Pakistan2,892
17,431 India2,494
4,190 England1,780
130 The Gambia1,658
4,307 Egypt1,634
545 Libya1,350
775 United Arab Emirates1,322
5,070 Kenya1,099
6,345 South Africa1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Sheriff:
774 Nigeria34,082
19 Sierra Leone31,762
14 Liberia21,574
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Gabriel Sheriff worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 44 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Messenger and arrived on June 5, 1846. Barbara Sheriff (40) , Lorian Sheriff, aged 9, 8 years old Reinhart Sheriff, Chilian Sheriff (4), 31 years old Thomas Sheriff, are other Sheriff that migrated to US.

Sheriff Namesakes

  • Alhaji A. B. Sheriff, Politician
  • Antony Sheriff, Businessman
  • Azam Sheriff, Actor
  • Azem Sheriff, Playback Singer
  • Deen Sheriff Mohammed, Soccer player
  • Deen Sheriff Mohammed, Soccer player
  • Dermot Sheriff, Basketball Player
  • Rezvi Sheriff, Physician
  • Laetitia Shériff, Musical Artist
  • Laetitia Shériff, Musical Artist

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