Atif Surname

7,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73,998 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Morocco

Atif Surname User-submission:

The Atif surname originates from Arabic. It means 'kind one'.

Atif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan38,0831:4,691469
Morocco11,2801:3,056264
Egypt10,0981:9,1041,113
Sudan3,3601:11,1641,574
Saudi Arabia3,1801:9,7031,356
India2,1521:356,44319,404
Bangladesh1,3521:117,8674,824
United Arab Emirates1,1861:7,725972
Algeria7821:49,4018,563
Afghanistan4001:80,3832,291
England2971:187,60316,709
France2491:266,75841,114
Indonesia2271:582,59646,553
Spain2201:212,50914,349
Qatar1781:13,2471,453
Kuwait1741:21,8432,878
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Malaysia941:313,76817,074
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
Mauritania481:85,3105,518
Greece371:299,45443,754
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Norway131:395,56035,657
Oman131:283,6904,528
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Scotland61:892,30328,047
China51:273,464,31313,838
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

Atif (369,767) may also be a first name.

Atif Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Atif surname originates from Arabic. It means 'kind one'.

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Atif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Atif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﻃﻴﻒ, Hindi: आतिफ, Marathi: आतीफ़, Oriya: ଆତିଫ, Russian: Атиф) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Atif? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,663rd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 98,483 people. The surname Atif occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Atif are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,814th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 369,767 people.

Atif is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 38,083 people, or 1 in 4,691. In Pakistan Atif is most numerous in: Punjab, where 56 percent reside, Sindh, where 25 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 12 percent reside. Not including Pakistan it is found in 67 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.

Atif Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Atif last name are 11.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Atif earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 34.95% less than the national average, earning 225,133 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning R 203,028 per year; in United States they earn 14.83% more than the national average, earning $49,547 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning $44,786 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aatif894,813/
Attif894,054/
Athif891,091/
Hatif89963/
Atife89272/
Atief89184/
Ateif89124/
Atiff8936/
Ataif8914/
Astif8910/
Atifh893/
Ahtif892/
Atifs891/
Gatif891/
Eatif891/
Aathif80911/
Attaif8061/
Hathif8028/
Austif8015/
Athoif807/
Hatief805/
Hatife805/
Hatiff804/
Gattif803/
Hattif802/
Athief802/
Asttif801/
Athife801/
Haitif801/
Aatiof801/
Aattif801/
Ahatif801/
Atef75240,032/
Atib75722/
Atiw75125/
Ativ7517/
Atyf756/
Otif755/
Etif751/
Austiff7352/
Attiffh731/
Attaaif731/
Haittif730/
Gattiff730/
Hatef672,668/
Hatib671,835/
Attef671,768/
Aatef671,203/
Otaif67994/
Ateef67898/
Ateib67661/
Attib67574/
Attiw67404/
Autef67373/
Atiev67320/
Ateft67180/
Atiph6793/
Ataib6755/
Hotif6741/
Atefe6740/
Otife6734/
Aatib6718/
Gativ6715/
Astef678/
Aativ677/
Hatiw676/
Hativ675/
Etaif675/
Ateuf674/
Ateff674/
Athib673/
Otief673/
Athiv673/
Eteif672/
Athef671/
Aytef671/
Autib671/
Aztef671/
Atuib671/
Atajf671/
Etuif671/
Outif671/
Atibh671/
Athyf671/
Ottif671/
Aytiv671/
Eatib671/
Austiffs670/

Atif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Atif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﺎﻃﻴﻒatyf-
Atif in the Oriya language
ଆତିଫatipha77.78
ଆତିଫ୍atiph22.22
Atif in the Hindi language
आतिफatipha74.69
अतीफatipha14.54
अतिफatipha5.06
आतीफatipha5
आतिफ़atifa0.35
अतिफ़atifa0.16
अतीफ़atifa0.06
अतीकatika0.06
आतिकatika0.03
अतिकatika0.03
Atif in the Marathi language
आतीफ़atifa60
अतीफ़atifa40
Atif in the Russian language
Атифatif-

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