Ateef Surname

393,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Ateef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ateef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt8241:111,5739,244
India471:16,320,540259,912
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ateef (536) may also be a first name.

Ateef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ateef is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ateef.

How Common Is The Last Name Ateef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ateef is the 393,535th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,115,307 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ateef live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 364,183rd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 536 people.

The surname Ateef is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 824 people, or 1 in 111,573. Beside Egypt it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hateef91663/
Atheef91128/
Aateef912/
Asteef912/
Atef89240,032/
Hatheef834/
Hatef802,668/
Attef801,768/
Aatef801,203/
Autef80373/
Ateev80224/
Atief80184/
Ateft80180/
Ateeb80179/
Ateif80124/
Atefe8040/
Astef808/
Ateew805/
Ateuf804/
Ateff804/
Ataef802/
Aztef801/
Oteef801/
Athef801/
Aytef801/
Atheeb7310,263/
Hateeb73394/
Gateev73123/
Gateff7363/
Ayteev7355/
Asteev7314/
Atoeff737/
Aiteev737/
Ateyev737/
Hatief735/
Atayef734/
Aa'tef734/
Atteff734/
Hateev734/
Athief732/
Hatefh732/
Asteaf731/
Ataeff731/
Oteefe731/
Awetef731/
Atheev731/
Ashtef731/
Ateebh731/
Ateeaw731/
Auteff731/
Atteeb731/
Ajteew731/
Hatefe731/
Atif6773,998/
Ateb67613/
Atev67138/
Atew6797/
Auteffe6738/
Ateyeva6712/
Atyf676/
Autephe674/
Awetefe673/
Etef673/
Gateyev673/
Ayteyev672/
Otef672/
Ahateeb671/
Aiteyev671/
Aiteiev671/
Aytteev671/
Ahateev671/

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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 Ateef
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