Al Deef Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Al Deef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Deef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3011:87,7925,685
Jordan901:98,2497,020
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Syria441:438,6605,021
Tunisia121:50,8866,752
Palestine71:649,83613,939

Al Deef Last Name Facts

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

Al Deef occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Deef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 573,706th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Deef reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 64 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 87,792. In Yemen Al Deef is most prevalent in: Abyan Governorate, where 56 percent are found, Al Bayda Governorate, where 34 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 16 percent are found and Kuwait, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Deeb8618,909/
Al Dhef864/
Al Daief801/
Al Deb774/
Al Dev773/
Al Dyf771/
Al-Deeb711,038/
Al Daif71460/
Al-Deaf711/
Al Deyab672/
Al Dhaif671/
Al-Dhaief634/
Al-Dhayef631/
Al Dib626/
Al-Dif623/
Al Dhib5724/
Al Doub572/
Al-Daif571/
Al-Deib571/
Al Daib571/
Al-Dhaif53523/
Al-Deyab5334/
Al-Dhaiefova532/
Al Dhaib532/
Al-Dhaiefová532/
Al Diyab531/
Al-Dhayf531/
Al Dhaub531/
Al Dayub531/
Al Dajab531/
Al-Dehab531/
Al-Dheyab501/
Al Dahaib501/

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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 Al Deef
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