Calife Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Calife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1531:1,399,17947,255
France371:1,795,209158,669
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Calife (73) may also be a first name.

Calife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Calife occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Calife click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calife? popularity and diffusion

Calife is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. Calife is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Calife live; 78 percent live in South America and 78 percent live in Luso-South America. Calife is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 73 people.

The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 1,399,179. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 35 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 22 percent live and Pernambuco, where 18 percent live. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Calife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Calife has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Calife last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Califer9225/
Califfe927/
Califet924/
Califea921/
Califee921/
Califes921/
Calif91680/
Catliffe8611/
Cauliffe868/
Callifer862/
Califf83850/
Jalife83810/
Kalife83802/
Calefe83395/
Califa83253/
Caliof8396/
Callif8382/
Calafe8321/
Salife8310/
Califi835/
Caliev833/
Calief831/
Caslif830/
Khalife775,965/
Kalifeh7779/
Catliff7770/
Caleffe7755/
Califfa7741/
Jaliffe7735/
Callefe7720/
Califfi7716/
Kalifey7710/
Qualife776/
Sealife774/
Calefes773/
Colifer772/
Kaliffe772/
Kahlife771/
Kalifhe771/
Calefee771/
Jahlife771/
Jalifes771/
Zalifeh771/
Callifa771/
Calliff770/
Cauliff770/
Causlif770/
Calieff770/
Colifee770/
Caleb7328,099/
Kalif7316,598/
Qalif734,080/
Calef73745/
Calib73407/
Calev73158/
Caliv736/
Caliw735/
Calew730/
Khalifeh717,947/
Khalifey7197/
Caleffie7128/
Cattliff7126/
Khalifie7125/
Kalliefe717/
Collifer714/
Kahalife713/
Caliphet712/
Kalifeed712/
Khalifei712/
Khaleife711/
Khalifee711/
Khallife711/
Calipher711/
Jallifer711/
Khalifes711/
Kkhalife711/
Khalifer711/
Kaliffer711/
Khalif67157,162/
Kaliev6733,793/
Kalifa6718,612/
Calefi67833/
Kaliff67285/
Calleb67238/
Jalifi67146/
Caliph67130/
Zalifa67121/
Caleva6777/
Caulef6772/
Caleff6743/
Kalefe6740/
Kalify6732/
Kalief6730/
Salifi6729/
Kalifi6727/
Caleph6725/
Qalafe6724/
Caleeb6723/
Khalaifeh6719/
Zalifi6718/
Callef6715/
Kallif6714/
Kelife6714/
Kalafe679/
Qaleif678/
Coliev677/
Colifa676/
Caliov675/
Kahleifeh674/
Coliof674/
Hkalif674/
Caleev673/
Jolife673/
Kahlif673/
Callew673/
Caulev673/
Collif672/
Kalufe672/
Coulif672/
Kalift672/
Salify672/
Kalipf671/
Salefe671/
Khalifieh671/
Jalefe671/
Kgalif671/
Qaalif671/
Calyfa671/
Calafé671/
Catlew671/
Casliv671/
Qaliff671/
Kolife671/
Calebh671/
Qhalif671/
Colifi671/
Kaliew671/
Calefy670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Calife
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