Atef Surname

2,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240,032 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Atef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt198,3611:46348
Yemen25,9941:1,017143
Saudi Arabia7,7511:3,981535
Iraq2,3001:15,2271,007
Iran1,6931:45,3535,158
Syria1,4631:13,1931,082
Morocco9881:34,8955,588
Kuwait4531:8,3901,154
United Arab Emirates2971:30,8493,358
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Tunisia1011:6,046971
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Qatar941:25,0852,628
Lebanon421:134,2166,954
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Spain321:1,461,00145,498
Pakistan291:6,160,13436,715
England171:3,277,533109,658
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Oman61:614,6626,082
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
France41:16,605,680368,153
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Iceland21:190,0456,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Atef (259,720) may also be a first name.

Atef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Atef (Arabic: آطف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺗﻒ, Russian: Атеф) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atef? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,290th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 30,361 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Atef live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 4,048th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 259,720 people.

The last name Atef is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 198,361 people, or 1 in 463. Excluding Egypt this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 11 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live.

Atef Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Atef last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

The amount Atef earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $46,150 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $50,591 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hatef892,668/
Attef891,768/
Aatef891,203/
Ateef89898/
Autef89373/
Atief89184/
Ateft89180/
Ateif89124/
Atefe8940/
Astef898/
Ateff894/
Ateuf894/
Aytef891/
Aztef891/
Athef891/
Hateef80663/
Atheef80128/
Gateff8063/
Hatief805/
Aa'tef804/
Atteff804/
Athief802/
Aateef802/
Hatefh802/
Asteef802/
Asteaf801/
Ashtef801/
Hatefe801/
Auteff801/
Atif7573,998/
Ateb75613/
Atev75138/
Atew7597/
Atyf756/
Etef753/
Otef752/
Auteffe7338/
Hatheef734/
Aatif674,813/
Attif674,054/
Gatev671,260/
Athif671,091/
Hatif67963/
Ateib67661/
Hateb67523/
Atiev67320/
Attew67282/
Atife67272/
Ateev67224/
Ateeb67179/
Ateva67147/
Athew6767/
Atteb6763/
Atiff6736/
Atebh6732/
Ataif6714/
Astif6710/
Otefe677/
Ettef677/
Ateph676/
Ahtew675/
Ateew675/
Otief673/
Atifh673/
Ahtif672/
Hatev672/
Astew672/
Eteif672/
Aitev671/
Astev671/
Ostef671/
Gotef671/
Ajtew671/
Eatif671/
Ateïb671/
Atifs671/
Hetef671/
Oteaf671/
Athyf671/
Atajf671/
Atheb671/
Aateb671/
Gatif671/
Oteef671/
Autew670/
Hotef670/

Atef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Atef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺁﺗﻒatf-
Atef in the Russian language
Атефatef-
Atef in the Arabic language
آطفatf-
اطفatf-
عاطفatf-

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