Chèrifi

surname · Latin script

Chèrifi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 74th most common surname.

  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 22K
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 33Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈18,000 people, est.

Record sources
221 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cherifi in FR France, DZ Algeria, ES Spain and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Chèrifi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Chèrifi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#74≈18,000 est.≈1 in 2.6KlistedCherifi40
FR France—≈3,100 est.≈1 in 22K461Cherifi221
MA Morocco—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 33K—Cherifi30
ES Spain—3831 in 131K383Cherifi13
TN Tunisia—≈190 est.≈1 in 63K—Cherifi11
BE Belgium—1231 in 95K213Cherifi15

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Chèrifi is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Algeria, Argentina, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Cherifi, Chĕrïfî, Ćhéŕífí, Chérifį, Chérifi

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Chèrifi under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Chèrifi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Chèrifi in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cherifi.
How common is the name Chèrifi?
In Spain, the national register counted 383 people named Chèrifi, about 1 in 131 thousand residents.
How common is Chèrifi compared with other names?
In Algeria, Chèrifi is the 74th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chèrifi” — the 74th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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