Sherriff is used as a family name or surname in Zambia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sherriff
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Zambia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sherriff

How popular is Sherriff?

Sherriff is common in Zambia.

Sherriff is ranked 59494 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sherriffs grew by 16.12903 per cent to 468 since 2000 and ranked 45653 after elevating 3404 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.83 85.61
Black 8.55 10.67
Others 2.35 1.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.14 0
Sherriff is quite popular family name mostly used in England while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 7774 people have been found who wears Sherriff as their family name. Sherriff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,411 Costa Rica4
14,078 Japan3
32,695 Nigeria3
21,529 Singapore2
219,873 France2
3,791 Namibia2
18,718 Thailand2
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
1,254 Gibraltar1
49,101 Denmark1
13,447 Uganda1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,688 Malawi1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
25,721 Egypt1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,005 The Gambia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,530 Belgium22
62,494 Netherlands22
78,041 Spain19
536,142 India13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,527 Ireland76
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Sherriff:
41,460 United States667
1,886 New Zealand400
2,233 Scotland315
13,278 Canada286
31,005 Argentina164
71,225 Germany134
3,358 Wales113
Countries with thousands of Sherriff:
3,696 England2,049
2,531 Australia1,224
6,137 South Africa1,059
1,733 Zambia1,054
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Sherriff worked as joiner while Jean Sherriff was Joiner and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 28 years old Jean embarked for USA from Glasgow on Mary Harrington and arrived on June 16, 1849.

Sherriff Namesakes

  • R. C. Sherriff, Writer
  • R. C. Sherriff, Writer
  • Paula Sherriff, Politician
  • R. C. Sherriff, Writer
  • Rona Levine Sherriff, Author
  • R. C. Sherriff, Writer
  • Liam Sherriff, Cinematographer
  • R. C. Sherriff, Writer
  • Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain, Teacher

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