Haniff Surname
Approximately 6,256 people bear this surname
Haniff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,462 | 1:14,233 | 2,024 |
| South Africa | 1,158 | 1:46,786 | 5,956 |
| Malaysia | 1,093 | 1:26,985 | 2,378 |
| Guyana | 793 | 1:961 | 140 |
| United States | 682 | 1:531,465 | 44,211 |
| Canada | 338 | 1:109,011 | 11,697 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 275 | 1:4,960 | 802 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| England | 108 | 1:515,908 | 32,533 |
| Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 1:22,532 | 985 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Haniff (1,624) may also be a first name.
Haniff Demographics
Average Haniff Salary in
United States
$50,541 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Haniff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haniff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Haniff (Hindi: हनीफ, Marathi: हनीफ) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haniff? popularity and diffusion
The surname Haniff is the 78,111th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,164,889 people. The last name Haniff occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Haniff are found; 25 percent are found in South Asia and 24 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 191,561st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 1,624 people.
It is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Outside of Sri Lanka this surname exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent reside and Malaysia, where 17 percent reside.
Haniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Haniff has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Haniff surname expanded 2,160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Haniff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Haniff last name are 29.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 82.69% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Haniff earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.72% less than the national average, earning R 224,052 per year; in United States they earn 17.13% more than the national average, earning $50,541 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.09% more than the national average, earning $55,193 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Haniff Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Haniff in the Hindi language | ||
| हनीफ | hanipha | - |
| Haniff in the Marathi language | ||
| हनीफ | hanipha | - |
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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 Haniff
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