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    The surname Shareef

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S610

    Shareef: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shareef #22,978, 1,113 people Shareef: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shareef #22,978, 1,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shareef is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Sharif.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Shareef in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 840.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.5%
    change since 2000 (was #27,105)

    Who is named Shareef

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    51% of people named Shareef identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 14% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 4.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shareef

    Shareef has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shareef come from?
    Variant of Sharif.
    How common is the surname Shareef?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Shareef in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shareef?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Shareef identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Shareef getting more or less common?
    More common. 840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, up 33%.