Hafa Surname
Approximately 1,439 people bear this surname
Hafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Thailand | 222 | 1:318,191 | 54,801 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Turkey | 37 | 1:2,103,282 | 71,268 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Hafa (715) may also be a first name.
Hafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hafa (Arabic: حافي, Hindi: हाफा) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 270,886th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,064,313 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Hafa live; 50 percent live in North Africa and 50 percent live in Mahgreb. Hafa is also the 308,804th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 715 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is carried by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Barring Morocco this last name exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 17 percent live and Thailand, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hafa in the Hindi language | ||
| हाफा | hapha | 56.25 |
| हफा | hapha | 43.75 |
| Hafa in the Arabic language | ||
| حافي | hafy | - |
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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 Hafa
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