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Family name Scharf (شارف , Scharf , 沙夫 ) , all over the world, is a common surname. The surname Scharf is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Austria, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, the United States, and Austria. Much less frequently, Scharf is the forename as well as the last name.