Akif Forename

15,440th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 62,072 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Akif Forename User-submission:

Akif, Akef or Aqif (Arabic: عاكف‎) is a male given name, which means 'one who sits in aitekaf' (a sitting in last days of Ramadan, done by Muslims to purify themselves). This name is mentioned in Sura El Baqara (2nd sura of Quran).

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Akif Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey
100%
30,5781:2,544516
Azerbaijan
100%
18,8981:510113
Pakistan
86%
 
2,5641:75,8033,733
Bangladesh
100%
2,4741:64,4555,095
Russia
100%
1,6651:86,6271,722
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
1,2751:2,764600
India
100%
9861:1,232,12875,353
Bulgaria
100%
6701:10,4331,029
North Macedonia
100%
3591:5,824966
Indonesia
100%
3251:793,73452,536
Germany
100%
2891:334,5264,154
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
United States
100%
2131:1,702,05229,945
England
87%
 
1641:339,0428,241
Malaysia
98%
 
1391:219,06412,347
Egypt
100%
1081:850,93516,903
Uzbekistan
100%
971:317,3866,177
Afghanistan
100%
921:354,6036,961
France
100%
871:764,0276,772
Canada
100%
721:460,18612,513
Netherlands
96%
 
681:248,5608,484
Kazakhstan
100%
631:281,6965,401
Sweden
100%
621:158,9985,968
Turkmenistan
100%
471:116,4441,215
Kosovo-461:40,4663,313
Austria
100%
451:189,2042,926
Northern Cyprus
100%
391:8,1571,073
Serbia
100%
321:223,3043,732
Thailand
100%
291:2,416,06361,991
Iran
100%
291:2,706,78914,408
Greece
100%
241:455,6066,422
Kyrgyzstan
100%
221:271,51311,358
Switzerland
100%
211:391,1196,896
Slovenia
100%
191:129,4083,204
Belgium
100%
191:604,7399,016
Norway
100%
171:301,9026,548
Sudan-161:2,362,9363,917
Croatia
100%
161:263,5674,024
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Denmark-141:403,5366,849
Iraq-141:2,501,27613,388
Finland
82%
 
121:456,9325,495
United Arab Emirates-111:650,18120,553
Georgia
100%
111:339,8617,323
Scotland
100%
101:535,0376,544
Belarus
100%
91:1,053,5985,565
Australia-61:2,276,27019,652
Tanzania
100%
51:10,557,66441,958
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Algeria-41:9,544,18014,095
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Maldives
100%
31:144,6343,056
Singapore
100%
31:2,095,68522,815
Brazil
100%
31:71,412,051442,691
Ukraine-21:22,749,95422,291
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Montenegro
100%
21:317,2883,822
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241

Akif (10,302) may also be a surname.

Akif Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Akif, Akef or Aqif (Arabic: عاكف‎) is a male given name, which means 'one who sits in aitekaf' (a sitting in last days of Ramadan, done by Muslims to purify themselves). This name is mentioned in Sura El Baqara (2nd sura of Quran).

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Akif Forename Popularity

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Aqif752,424/
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Hakyf673/
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Ackjf671/
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Akif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akif in the Russian language
Акифakif-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Akif