Areif Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Areif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Areif (137) may also be a first name.
Areif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Areif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻳﻒ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Areif? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,353,468th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Areif are found; 74 percent are found in North Africa and 74 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 790,880th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 137 people.
The last name Areif is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Apart from Egypt it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Areif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Areif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﻳﻒ | ryf | 80 |
| ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻳﻒ | bwryf | 20 |
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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 Areif
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