Arif Surname
Approximately 781,710 people bear this surname
Arif Surname User-submission:
Arif as a boy's name is of Arabic origin meaning 'knowledgeable'.
Arif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 439,407 | 1:407 | 58 |
| Bangladesh | 100,662 | 1:1,583 | 155 |
| Indonesia | 79,659 | 1:1,660 | 178 |
| India | 74,307 | 1:10,323 | 862 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13,913 | 1:2,218 | 269 |
| Malaysia | 11,983 | 1:2,461 | 370 |
| Afghanistan | 8,908 | 1:3,609 | 382 |
| Egypt | 8,847 | 1:10,392 | 1,247 |
| Morocco | 8,247 | 1:4,180 | 451 |
| Algeria | 7,841 | 1:4,927 | 771 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,817 | 1:1,902 | 233 |
| England | 3,914 | 1:14,236 | 2,103 |
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Bulgaria | 2,036 | 1:3,428 | 489 |
| United States | 1,581 | 1:229,259 | 22,104 |
| Oman | 1,234 | 1:2,989 | 440 |
| Kuwait | 1,051 | 1:3,616 | 484 |
| Iraq | 844 | 1:41,495 | 1,762 |
| Qatar | 808 | 1:2,918 | 269 |
| Canada | 644 | 1:57,214 | 6,763 |
| France | 635 | 1:104,603 | 15,453 |
| Spain | 606 | 1:77,149 | 6,714 |
| Greece | 603 | 1:18,374 | 2,623 |
| Somalia | 539 | 1:24,957 | 1,368 |
| Maldives | 531 | 1:761 | 89 |
| Bahrain | 529 | 1:2,549 | 407 |
| Thailand | 410 | 1:172,289 | 27,837 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Iran | 360 | 1:213,285 | 16,875 |
| Palestine | 349 | 1:13,034 | 2,411 |
| Romania | 348 | 1:57,695 | 7,056 |
| Germany | 230 | 1:350,024 | 33,964 |
| Turkey | 224 | 1:347,417 | 21,946 |
| North Macedonia | 220 | 1:9,552 | 1,580 |
| Sweden | 187 | 1:52,656 | 4,061 |
| Australia | 172 | 1:156,952 | 16,457 |
| Singapore | 133 | 1:41,411 | 1,573 |
| Scotland | 128 | 1:41,827 | 3,869 |
| Northern Cyprus | 116 | 1:2,750 | 390 |
| Kenya | 115 | 1:401,564 | 22,499 |
| Philippines | 106 | 1:955,078 | 84,086 |
| Norway | 103 | 1:49,925 | 7,153 |
| Belgium | 98 | 1:117,313 | 17,342 |
| Russia | 86 | 1:1,675,849 | 110,706 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Denmark | 83 | 1:68,009 | 6,785 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| South Africa | 65 | 1:833,503 | 55,653 |
| Japan | 55 | 1:2,324,442 | 29,670 |
| Azerbaijan | 53 | 1:182,059 | 4,970 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Tunisia | 42 | 1:14,539 | 2,384 |
| Jordan | 40 | 1:221,061 | 9,827 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Northern Ireland | 39 | 1:47,309 | 4,079 |
| Albania | 38 | 1:76,686 | 8,388 |
| Brunei | 38 | 1:11,019 | 1,313 |
| Syria | 37 | 1:521,649 | 5,346 |
| Taiwan | 35 | 1:669,850 | 4,860 |
| Israel | 29 | 1:295,091 | 25,768 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Serbia | 22 | 1:324,770 | 15,940 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Yemen | 17 | 1:1,554,429 | 12,359 |
| Lebanon | 16 | 1:352,318 | 10,901 |
| Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Arif (1,113,998) may also be a first name.
Arif Surname Meaning
Arif Demographics
Average Male Arif Height
171.74 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Arif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arif (Arabic: آريف, Bengali: আরিফ, Dhivehi: ުޢާރިފް, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺭﻑ, Hindi: आरिफ, Marathi: आरीफ़, Oriya: ଆରିଫ, Russian: Ариф) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 702nd most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 9,323 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Arif live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Arif is also the 765th most frequent forename internationally, held by 1,113,998 people.
The surname Arif is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 439,407 people, or 1 in 407. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 59 percent live, Sindh, where 18 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 12 percent live. Beside Pakistan it exists in 115 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Arif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (55%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Arif surname are 1.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.87% being registered with the political party.
The amount Arif earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.66% less than the national average, earning 264,200 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 13.82% less than the national average, earning R 204,804 per year; in United States they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning $49,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.15% less than the national average, earning $46,627 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺭﻑ | alarf | - |
| Arif in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުޢާރިފް | uarif | - |
| Arif in the Bengali language | ||
| আরিফ | aripha | 97.06 |
| আরিফ্ | ariph | 2.94 |
| Arif in the Hindi language | ||
| आरिफ | aripha | 92.22 |
| आरीफ | aripha | 5.1 |
| आरिफ़ | arifa | 0.72 |
| आरीफ़ | arifa | 0.03 |
| अरिफ़ | arifa | 0.01 |
| आरिफ़ | arifa | 0.01 |
| आरिक | arika | 0 |
| आरिप | aripa | 0 |
| आरिफ् | ariph | 0 |
| अरिक | arika | 0 |
| आरिज | arija | 0 |
| आरीफ़़ | arifa | 0 |
| अरीफ़ | arifa | 0 |
| आरिफ़़ | arifa | 0 |
| Arif in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରିଫ | aripha | 72.26 |
| ଆରିଫ୍ | ariph | 19.52 |
| ଅରିଫ | aripha | 6.51 |
| ଅରିଫ୍ | ariph | 1.03 |
| ଆରିପ | aripa | 0.34 |
| ଆରୀଫ୍ | ariph | 0.34 |
| Arif in the Marathi language | ||
| आरीफ़ | arifa | 65.22 |
| अरीफ़ | arifa | 31.23 |
| आरीफ़ा | arifa | 0.4 |
| Arif in the Russian language | ||
| Ариф | arif | - |
| Arif in the Arabic language | ||
| آريف | aryf | - |
| العارف | alarf | - |
| عريف | ryf | - |
| عارف | arf | - |
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