Araouf Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Araouf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Araouf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Araouf Last Name Facts

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

Araouf is carried by more people in Kuwait than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Araouf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Araouf is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Araouf live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Araouf is most widespread in Kuwait, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 3,800,694. Excluding Kuwait it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arraouf926/
Araof9125/
Haraof833/
Arraoof775/
Araow732/
Araov731/
Araob731/
Arouaw6710/
Ahroof671/
Arouov671/
Arahov671/
Araova671/
Arauub671/
Oraofe671/

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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 Araouf
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