Harouf Surname
Approximately 1,140 people bear this surname
Harouf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,047 | 1:25,239 | 2,517 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Palestine | 25 | 1:181,954 | 8,921 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Harouf (38) may also be a first name.
Harouf Demographics
Harouf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Harouf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Harouf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Harouf (Arabic: حاروف) is found most in Yemen. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Harouf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 326,114th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 6,392,584 people. Harouf is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Harouf are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Harouf is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most common in Yemen, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 25,239. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Al Mahrah Governorate, where 99 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Besides Yemen this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 4 percent are found and Palestine, where 2 percent are found.
Harouf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Harouf last name is primarily Maronite (82%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Harouf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Harouf in the Arabic language | ||
| حاروف | harwf | - |
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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 Harouf
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