Arif Forename
765th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,113,998 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus
Arif Forename User-submission:
Arif [ʕaːrɪf] (Arabic: عارف also spelled Aref in Pushtu, Persian & Urdu, or Arief in Indonesian & Malay) is a Semitic name that is common in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia & Yemen it later spread to Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey as well as among Muslims in India.
Read More About This ForenameArif Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 100% | 276,130 | 1:577 | 53 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 264,774 | 1:974 | 58 |
| India | 100% | 172,394 | 1:7,047 | 883 |
| Pakistan | 89% | 165,636 | 1:1,173 | 219 |
| Turkey | 100% | 118,730 | 1:655 | 118 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 23,957 | 1:403 | 69 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 15,640 | 1:2,086 | 371 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 6,451 | 1:4,720 | 531 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,061 | 1:5,084 | 796 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 5,628 | 1:5,470 | 910 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,755 | 1:1,094 | 168 |
| United States | 100% | 3,590 | 1:100,985 | 4,468 |
| England | 100% | 3,488 | 1:15,941 | 1,090 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| Russia | 100% | 2,926 | 1:49,294 | 1,120 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2,611 | 1:1,350 | 352 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,581 | 1:35,607 | 2,288 |
| Libya | - | 2,020 | 1:3,080 | 527 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,860 | 1:1,001 | 229 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,633 | 1:1,280 | 270 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,603 | 1:20,670 | 1,855 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,520 | 1:4,705 | 560 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,375 | 1:70,311 | 1,724 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,296 | 1:2,351 | 498 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1,130 | 1:6,186 | 754 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,095 | 1:1,232 | 205 |
| Poland | 75% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1,003 | 1:317 | 31 |
| Thailand | 100% | 902 | 1:77,678 | 7,160 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 795 | 1:6,884 | 457 |
| Morocco | 100% | 682 | 1:50,365 | 2,091 |
| Serbia | 100% | 544 | 1:13,136 | 1,015 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 465 | 1:113,523 | 6,022 |
| Kenya | - | 415 | 1:111,583 | 5,623 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 362 | 1:49,024 | 2,012 |
| Iran | 100% | 327 | 1:240,052 | 4,028 |
| France | 100% | 321 | 1:207,073 | 3,302 |
| Greece | 100% | 315 | 1:34,713 | 1,414 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 309 | 1:54,699 | 3,620 |
| Austria | 99% | 305 | 1:27,915 | 1,110 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Sweden | 100% | 269 | 1:36,646 | 2,132 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 248 | 1:33,770 | 1,868 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 233 | 1:10,553 | 940 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| Iraq | 100% | 217 | 1:161,373 | 3,097 |
| Belgium | 100% | 211 | 1:54,455 | 2,562 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 203 | 1:40,461 | 1,979 |
| Palestine | 79% | 198 | 1:22,980 | 1,129 |
| South Africa | 100% | 196 | 1:278,228 | 16,103 |
| Australia | - | 195 | 1:70,039 | 2,957 |
| Philippines | 99% | 163 | 1:650,365 | 20,110 |
| Malawi | - | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Jordan | 76% | 142 | 1:62,160 | 1,690 |
| Maldives | 98% | 139 | 1:3,122 | 175 |
| Denmark | - | 131 | 1:43,126 | 1,758 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 128 | 1:46,666 | 4,331 |
| Scotland | 97% | 113 | 1:47,348 | 1,531 |
| Spain | 100% | 101 | 1:460,693 | 6,078 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 98 | 1:6,475 | 872 |
| Japan | - | 97 | 1:1,319,444 | 16,783 |
| New Zealand | - | 94 | 1:48,256 | 2,660 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 82 | 1:68,629 | 2,737 |
| Singapore | 100% | 79 | 1:79,583 | 7,135 |
| Norway | 100% | 78 | 1:65,799 | 2,482 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 72 | 1:330,134 | 23,033 |
| Croatia | 100% | 71 | 1:59,395 | 1,883 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Israel | 99% | 65 | 1:129,276 | 4,948 |
| Mexico | 100% | 64 | 1:1,939,757 | 11,700 |
| Romania | 100% | 61 | 1:328,721 | 9,931 |
| Guyana | 100% | 56 | 1:13,630 | 1,895 |
| Brazil | 100% | 55 | 1:3,895,203 | 66,134 |
| Finland | 81% | 55 | 1:99,694 | 2,382 |
| Nigeria | 77% | 51 | 1:3,481,654 | 59,120 |
| Yemen | - | 51 | 1:515,623 | 2,397 |
| Algeria | 100% | 50 | 1:763,534 | 5,101 |
| Italy | 100% | 44 | 1:1,387,775 | 10,940 |
| Belarus | 100% | 43 | 1:220,521 | 1,852 |
| Brunei | 100% | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 42 | 1:32,415 | 3,363 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| China | - | 34 | 1:40,178,111 | 61,702 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Benin | 100% | 25 | 1:423,034 | 15,002 |
| Wales | 100% | 23 | 1:134,535 | 2,882 |
| Georgia | 100% | 17 | 1:219,910 | 5,750 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Hungary | 100% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| Syria | - | 14 | 1:1,379,005 | 3,470 |
| Senegal | 100% | 13 | 1:1,121,643 | 9,904 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 11 | 1:167,559 | 1,705 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Panama | 100% | 11 | 1:355,142 | 11,047 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 7 | 1:1,164,616 | 79,875 |
| Uganda | 100% | 7 | 1:5,850,989 | 49,331 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Moldova | 100% | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Árif (1) are calculated separately.
Arif (781,710) may also be a surname.
Arif Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Arif [ʕaːrɪf] (Arabic: عارف also spelled Aref in Pushtu, Persian & Urdu, or Arief in Indonesian & Malay) is a Semitic name that is common in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia & Yemen it later spread to Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey as well as among Muslims in India. In early Islam It can also refer to a man who has been taught customary law and entrusted with certain duties: Distributing stipends to the warriors, collecting blood money, guarding the interest of orphans, and assisting in controlling of the markets.
- turquoiseArif Forename Popularity
Arif Demographics
Arif Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 173 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Arif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arif in the Russian language | ||
| Ариф | arif | - |
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arif