Sherif

See also: sherif and shérif

English

Etymology

Variant of Sharif.

Proper noun

Sherif (plural Sherifs)

A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Sherif is the 37955^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 585 individuals. Sherif is most common among White (46.15%) and Black/African American (44.62%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sherif”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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