Sarif

given name · Latin script

Meaning: To make a

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sɑɹɪf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sarif is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 1.1Kas Sharif(inferred from the name graph)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 2.6Kas Sharif
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 3.4Kas Sharif

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sarif itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈150,000 named Sharif, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
142 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est., as Sharif

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ShareefLatin(measured from records)
ซารีฟThai(measured from records)
শরিফBengali(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Shareef in PK Pakistan, US United States, SA Saudi Arabia and 1 more, Sarip in PH Philippines, MY Malaysia, Sharif in BD Bangladesh, NG Nigeria and Sharifu in TZ Tanzania.

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(measured from records)

To make a

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Islamic Names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sarif 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 Sarif is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#68≈150,000 est.≈1 in 1.1KlistedSharif122
PK Pakistan#51≈91,000 est.≈1 in 2.6KlistedShareef103
TZ Tanzania—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 5.1K1Sharifu21
NG Nigeria—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 19K—Sharif17
PH Philippines#689≈11,000 est.≈1 in 10K—Sarip40
SA Saudi Arabia#367≈9,500 est.≈1 in 3.6KlistedShareef76
MY Malaysia#533≈7,800 est.≈1 in 4.2K—Sarip36
US United States—4,657as Sheriff1 in 71K5.3KShareef142
AE United Arab Emirates#212≈2,900 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Shareef74

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the islamic-names-dictionary-2005 register; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. 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)

Sarif is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Šarīf, Şärif, Šärif, Sarîf, Šarif

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Şarif, Šarīf, Šãřïf

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia

    Also written Şarif

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, India

    Also written Şarif, Šarīf, Sarîf

  • Pashto given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Şarif, Šarīf

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Sarif जी,Hi Sarif, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Sarif
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SA Saudi ArabiaDictionary of Islamic Names (2005)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sarif mean, and where does it come from?
To make a Recorded by Dictionary of Islamic Names.
How do you pronounce Sarif?
A machine transcription gives /sɑɹɪf/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Sarif a male or female name?
Sarif is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Sarif have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 154 thousand people named Sharif in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Sarif?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,657 people named Sheriff in 2010, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
How common is Sarif compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Sarif is the 68th most common surname of 12,312 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, “Sarif” — the 68th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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