Family name Sharief (شريف 
, Sharief 
) , globally, is a common last name. The last name Sharief is habitual in Fiji, where it is quite a common surname, United Arab Emirates, and Iran, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Southern Asia, particularly India, Iran, and Pakistan. Likewise, Sharief is the forename as well as the last name.
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| شريف | Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey |
| Sharief | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, India, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan |
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c. k. jaffer sharief Indian politician (1933-2018), IN (b. 1933) |
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barbara sharief American politician, US (b. 1959) |
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| sharief barends researcher |
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| mohamed u. sharief botanist, IN |
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| sharief hendricks researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-3416-6266 |
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| farooq abdulsatter m. sharief researcher |
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| rimah sharief researcher |
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| sharief taraman researcher |
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| sharief deshmukh Ph.D. Aligarh Muslim University 1980 |
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| sharief hobley |
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| sharief rodjan SR |
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