as a Last Name
- 2,806
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sharif
Meaning & Origins
Muslim: from a personal name from Arabic sharīf ‘noble’, ‘honorable’, ‘highborn’. Sharīf is used as an honorific title for descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fātbdot;ima. This name is widespread in all Muslim countries.
| 11,253rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,806
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Sharif per capita
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