Ghouf Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ghouf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghouf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Ghouf Last Name Facts

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

Ghouf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻑ) is found most in Yemen. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghouf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ghouf is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Ghouf live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Ghouf is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,606,324. Without taking into account Yemen it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and Lebanon, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ghouf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghouf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻮﻑkwf-

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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 Ghouf
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