Hanif Surname
Approximately 426,527 people bear this surname
Hanif Surname User-submission:
This surname is most commonly associated with the famous 8th-century Kufan scholar, Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu'man ibn Thābit of Persian origin, specifically from Greater Khorasan.
Hanif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 284,560 | 1:628 | 99 |
| India | 54,239 | 1:14,142 | 1,159 |
| Bangladesh | 38,390 | 1:4,151 | 384 |
| Indonesia | 7,613 | 1:17,371 | 2,133 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,320 | 1:4,882 | 659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,985 | 1:1,838 | 224 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| England | 4,122 | 1:13,517 | 1,993 |
| Afghanistan | 3,647 | 1:8,816 | 669 |
| Malaysia | 3,224 | 1:9,148 | 1,060 |
| Morocco | 2,556 | 1:13,488 | 1,986 |
| United States | 1,450 | 1:249,972 | 23,774 |
| Kuwait | 1,138 | 1:3,340 | 441 |
| Syria | 1,102 | 1:17,515 | 1,348 |
| Oman | 818 | 1:4,509 | 650 |
| Canada | 646 | 1:57,037 | 6,737 |
| Qatar | 593 | 1:3,976 | 402 |
| Iraq | 555 | 1:63,102 | 2,282 |
| Iran | 500 | 1:153,565 | 13,399 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| South Africa | 392 | 1:138,208 | 15,952 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Guyana | 304 | 1:2,507 | 457 |
| Bahrain | 294 | 1:4,587 | 818 |
| Palestine | 290 | 1:15,686 | 2,744 |
| Scotland | 287 | 1:18,654 | 2,220 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Spain | 186 | 1:251,355 | 16,061 |
| France | 172 | 1:386,179 | 57,106 |
| Tanzania | 152 | 1:348,300 | 25,719 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Kenya | 117 | 1:394,700 | 22,236 |
| Jordan | 113 | 1:78,252 | 6,306 |
| Yemen | 106 | 1:249,295 | 9,237 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| New Zealand | 85 | 1:53,274 | 8,505 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Turkey | 74 | 1:1,051,641 | 46,826 |
| Greece | 63 | 1:175,870 | 28,388 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Denmark | 48 | 1:117,598 | 10,848 |
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Wales | 41 | 1:75,476 | 6,450 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Norway | 28 | 1:183,653 | 21,594 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | 1:61,999 | 4,975 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Hanif (191,614) may also be a first name.
Hanif Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is most commonly associated with the famous 8th-century Kufan scholar, Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu'man ibn Thābit of Persian origin, specifically from Greater Khorasan.
- waqqashanafiHanif Demographics
Hanif Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Hanif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hanif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hanif (Arabic: شنيف, Bengali: হানিফ, Hindi: हनीफ, Marathi: हनीफ, Oriya: ହନିଫ) occurs most in Pakistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanif? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hanif is the 1,246th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,086 people. Hanif occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Hanif live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,465th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 191,614 people.
The last name Hanif is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 284,560 people, or 1 in 628. In Pakistan Hanif is mostly found in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Sindh, where 26 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name occurs in 103 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 9 percent reside.
Hanif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Hanif last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Hanif surname are 6.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.44% being registered with the party.
The amount Hanif earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 17.44% less than the national average, earning 285,709 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning R 241,164 per year; in United States they earn 7.19% more than the national average, earning $46,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning $51,779 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hanif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hanif in the Bengali language | ||
| হানিফ | hanipha | 99.15 |
| হানিপ | hanipa | 0.28 |
| Hanif in the Hindi language | ||
| हनीफ | hanipha | 98.02 |
| हनीफ़ | hanifa | 0.69 |
| हनीप | hanipa | 0.01 |
| हनीफ़ | hanifa | 0 |
| कनीज | kanija | 0 |
| ह़नीफ़ | hanifa | 0 |
| हनीफ् | haniph | 0 |
| हनीफ़़ | hanifa | 0 |
| Hanif in the Marathi language | ||
| हनीफ | hanipha | 69.44 |
| खान | khana | 9.16 |
| हनीप | hanipa | 6.03 |
| हनीफ़ | hanifa | 5.91 |
| हानीफ | hanipha | 2.61 |
| हानीफ़ | hanifa | 0.88 |
| गणी | gani | 0.3 |
| मानी | mani | 0.09 |
| हाजी | haji | 0.09 |
| हनी | hani | 0.09 |
| नाणी | nani | 0.06 |
| हाणीप | hanipa | 0.06 |
| हानी | hani | 0.06 |
| गनी | gani | 0.06 |
| आरीफ़ | arifa | 0.03 |
| जानी | jani | 0.03 |
| राणी | rani | 0.03 |
| हादी | hadi | 0.03 |
| हावी | havi | 0.03 |
| अनीस | anisa | 0.03 |
| हानीप | hanipa | 0.03 |
| खञी | khani | 0.03 |
| हणीफ़ | hanifa | 0.03 |
| आसीफ़ | asifa | 0.03 |
| हनीब | haniba | 0.03 |
| Hanif in the Oriya language | ||
| ହନିଫ | hanipha | 65.14 |
| ହନିଫ୍ | haniph | 14.68 |
| ହାନିଫ | hanipha | 11.01 |
| ହାନିଫ୍ | haniph | 3.67 |
| ହନି | hani | 2.75 |
| ହନିପ | hanipa | 0.92 |
| Hanif in the Arabic language | ||
| شنيف | shnyf | - |
| حنيف | hnyf | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Hanif
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis