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
The surname Haniff (Hindi: हनीफ, Marathi: हनीफ) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haniff? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,111th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,164,889 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 44 percent of Haniff reside; 25 percent reside in South Asia and 24 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 191,561st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 1,624 people.
This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Other than Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 17 percent live.
Haniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Haniff has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 2,160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Haniff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Haniff surname are 29.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 82.69% being registered to vote for the political 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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