Farif Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Farif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Farif (223) may also be a first name.

Farif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farif (Hindi: फरीफ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Farif click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,530,696th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Farif are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 603,623rd most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 223 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,282,358. In Malaysia Farif is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 43 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 22 percent reside and Johor, where 13 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Pakistan, where 19 percent reside.

Farif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Farif has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Farif last name rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Farif Last Name Statistics demography

Farif earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.04% less than the national average, earning $15,950 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faroif9119/
Fariff9116/
Farrif9110/
Farief913/
Farzif911/
Fargif911/
Farriff831/
Farrief831/
Farib80189/
Varif8066/
Faref8010/
Fariv804/
Ferif801/
Ferrif7345/
Fariev7320/
Farrib7312/
Fareef735/
Farisv733/
Faroib732/
Farefe732/
Farref731/
Farefz731/
Fahriv731/
Farhib731/
Farajf731/
Fariov731/
Forrif731/
Faroiv731/
Fariow731/
Fherif731/
Forift730/
Farziev67329/
Fahriev677/
Fareedf672/
Fheriff672/
Fhareef672/
Farziew671/
Farishv671/
Farreff670/
Forriff670/

Farif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Farif in the Hindi language
फरीफpharipha-

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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 Farif
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