Areff Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Areff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Areff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1701:318,69230,132
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Areff (53) may also be a first name.

Areff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Areff is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Areff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,095,216th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. Areff occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Areff reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 53 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 318,692. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 85 percent are found, North West, where 8 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent are found.

Areff Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Areff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.98% more than the national average, earning R 439,572 per year and in United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arieff91226/
Arreff9113/
Gareff918/
Hareff917/
Areffe911/
Aref8964,015/
Garreff830/
Arief8025,384/
Ariff8018,893/
Areef803,154/
Arefe802,183/
Aaref80645/
Haref80349/
Areif80164/
Asref8038/
Garef8019/
Areaf809/
Airef806/
Arref806/
Ahref805/
Areft804/
Atref804/
Ayref802/
Oreff802/
Auref801/
Arjff801/
Aresf801/
Arzef801/
Arhef801/
Arheif731,499/
Hareef73394/
Hariff73164/
Aariff7364/
Gariff7357/
A'Reef7336/
Atreef7331/
Aareef7329/
Arriff7324/
Horeff7322/
Arhief7317/
Harefe7315/
Ariefh7312/
Harief7310/
Arzeef738/
Goreff737/
Aarief737/
Arrefe736/
Asrefh736/
Arrief734/
Asreef734/
Harref733/
A'Rief733/
Ariffe732/
Ahreef732/
Hatref732/
Auriff731/
Ahrief731/
Hareif731/
Aarefh731/
Ahriff731/
Arreef731/
Arioff731/
Areefh731/
Asreaf731/
Garref731/
Aroiff731/
Hareaf731/
Orieff730/
Arif67781,710/
Areb672,558/
Oref67199/
Arev67184/
Harriff6796/
Aryf6733/
Ourieff6718/
Arefova679/
Ahareef677/
Eref676/
Gorgeff674/
Arew673/
Hasreef672/
Arjf671/
Oreeffe671/
Aasriff671/
Aariffe671/
Harhief671/
Aareefh671/
Ahariff671/
Auresfe671/
Harrefe670/
Herieff670/
O'Reffe670/

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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 Areff
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