In all the world, Шарифф (Shariff 
, Шарифф 
) is quite a common principally male, but very seldom feminine forename. The first name Шарифф is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mauritius, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently girly name, and Tanzania, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Nigeria, Tanzania, and India. More frequently, Шарифф is the last name as well as the forename.