Girf Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Algeria

Girf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Girf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Girf Last Name Facts

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

Girf (Russian: Гирф) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Girf? popularity and diffusion

Girf is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Girf are found; 33 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 33 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Russia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 72,061,528. In Russia Girf is most common in: Bashkortostan Republic, where 50 percent are found and Samara Oblast, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Russia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giref894/
Girff891/
Gairf891/
Gierf890/
Irf8672/
Gireff801/
Gref751,658/
Sirf75201/
Airf75137/
Girv7515/
Gerf7512/
Eirf755/
Irfe754/
Ihrf751/
Irhf751/
Irfz751/
Irzf751/
Gurf751/
Uirf751/
Oirf751/
Zirf751/
Girb751/
Girffth731/
Greff674,614/
Grefe671,933/
Hierf67734/
Girev67562/
Gerfe6719/
Eiref6714/
Sairf676/
Airef676/
Girew674/
Gherf674/
Khirf673/
Ziref673/
Ghirb673/
Guerf672/
Sierf672/
Gerff672/
Zairf672/
Airff672/
Gerft671/
Gerfs671/
Eisrf671/
Irfss671/
Aairf671/
Iorfh671/
Irvfs671/
Iorff670/
Chirf670/

Girf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Girf in the Russian language
Гирфgirf-

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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 Girf
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