Araif Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Araif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Araif (87) may also be a first name.
Araif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Araif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Araif (Hindi: आरिफ, Marathi: आरैफ) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Araif? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,980,395th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Araif live; 87 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,024,927th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 87 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 3,969,864. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Sindh, where 38 percent reside, Punjab, where 36 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent reside. Besides Pakistan Araif exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent reside and Uruguay, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Araif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Araif in the Marathi language | ||
| आरैफ | araipha | - |
| Araif in the Hindi language | ||
| आरिफ | aripha | 90.91 |
| अरईफ | ara'ipha | 4.55 |
| आराीफ | araipha | 4.55 |
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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 Araif
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