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 surname Hafa (Arabic: حافي, Hindi: हाफा) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hafa is the 270,886th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,064,313 people. This surname 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 numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 715 people.
The last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Besides Morocco this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 17 percent reside and Thailand, where 15 percent reside.
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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