How common is the surname Sharif?

3,879 people in the United States had the surname Sharif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,594 Americans. It ranked 8,493rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sharif?

In the 2010 Census, 39% of people named Sharif identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Sharif getting more or less common?

More common. 2,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,879 in 2010, up 56%.

The surname Sharif

An Arabic surname, carried by 3,879 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharif is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and shereef.

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 3,879 people named Sharif in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,594 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,484.

#8,493

rank among US surnames

3,879

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+56.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,595)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,484	Trump	3,886	79,451
#8,485	Quinteros	3,885	79,471
#8,488	Tinney	3,884	79,492
#8,489	Halcomb	3,883	79,512
#8,490	Earhart	3,882	79,533
#8,491	Becerril	3,881	79,553
#8,492	Crowther	3,880	79,574

Who is named Sharif

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

39% of people named Sharif identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 26% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
White (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Sherif

Surnames that sound like Sharif

Sharif 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 Sharif come from?: From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and shereef.
How common is the surname Sharif?: 3,879 people in the United States had the surname Sharif in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,594 Americans. It ranked 8,493rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharif?: In the 2010 Census, 39% of people named Sharif identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Sharif getting more or less common?: More common. 2,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,879 in 2010, up 56%.
What are other spellings of Sharif?: Sherif.