Abou-Heif Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Abou-Heif Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Abou.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abou-Heif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abou-Heif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abou-Heif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Abou-Heif occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abou-Heif? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,227,038th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Abou-Heif occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Abou-Heif live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abou Heif8910/
Abu Heif82183/
Abou-Jeib783/
Abou-Hafs782/
Abu Haif71336/
Abou-Ouf71192/
Abu-Jeib711/
Abou-Auf711/
Abou Cheb671,215/
Abou Jeib671/
Abou Hafs671/
Abu Ouf639/
Abu-Ouf635/
Abou-Jeyab633/
Abu Hafs59247/
Abou Ouf59215/
Abou Auf599/
Abu Jeib591/
Abou Jeb591/
Abu Hajib5633/
Abu Hejab561/
Abou Jeeb561/
Abou Jaib561/
Abu-Aw531/
Abu Awf503,203/
Abu Auf5012/
Abu Asf508/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Abou-Heif
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