Akaf Surname

680,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 437 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Israel

Akaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3551:216,28917,069
Israel551:155,59316,202
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akaf (109) may also be a first name.

Akaf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akaf Come From? nationality or country of origin

Akaf (Hindi: अकफ़) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 680,882nd most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Akaf live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Akaf is also the 900,062nd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 109 people.

Akaf is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 216,289. In Iran Akaf is mostly concentrated in: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, where 43 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 26 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 12 percent reside. Other than Iran Akaf is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent reside and Pakistan, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ahkaf8953/
Akafe8942/
Hakaf8911/
Aakaf893/
Atkaf892/
Azkaf891/
Aikaf891/
Akqaf891/
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Ackaf891/
Akaaf891/
Aukaf891/
Asskaf808/
Akkhaf808/
Akkafe806/
Hakauf805/
Akashf802/
Achkaf801/
Ahakaf801/
Ackaff800/
Akav75761/
Acaf75187/
Akaw75163/
Aqaf7533/
Ekaf7526/
Okaf7512/
Akof758/
Hackauf73153/
Achkaif734/
Hashkaf731/
Akova673,437/
Akowa67537/
Akofe67226/
Akaab67148/
Ascaf6745/
Hakof6737/
Okafe6734/
Akaav6710/
Ahkaw679/
Akcav678/
Asqaf677/
Oukaf676/
Akkaw675/
Auqaf674/
Akhav674/
Askaw674/
Aikaw674/
Akoof674/
Ekaff673/
Haqaf673/
Okaif672/
Aykaw672/
Akeab672/
Aqaaf672/
Akauw672/
Akaiv672/
Hakaw672/
Okeaf672/
Aiqaf671/
Adkaw671/
Aakof671/
Ajkaw671/
Ehkaf671/
Gakof671/
Ackof671/
Ekkaf671/
Gakaw671/
Akoff671/
Akawt671/
Eykaf671/

Akaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akaf in the Hindi language
अकफ़akafa-

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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 Akaf
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