Calif Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Calif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 599 | 1:110,889 | 16,574 |
| Cambodia | 55 | 1:281,584 | 3,416 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 1:760,889 | 48,111 |
Calif (279) may also be a first name.
Calif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Calif (Arabic: كاليف) is found most frequently in France. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calif? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 487,899th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name Calif is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Calif are found; 60 percent are found in Caribbean and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Calif is also the 531,524th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 279 people.
The last name Calif is most numerous in France, where it is held by 599 people, or 1 in 110,889. In France it is primarily found in: Guadeloupe, where 68 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 27 percent reside and Réunion, where 2 percent reside. Not including France it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Calif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Calif in the Arabic language | ||
| كاليف | kalyf | - |
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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 Calif
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