Hifazat Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Hifazat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hifazat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan301:5,954,79635,971
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hifazat (336) may also be a first name.

Hifazat Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hifazat Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hifazat (Hindi: हिफाजत, Marathi: हीफाजत) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hifazat? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Hifazat reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Hifazat is also the 477,199th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 336 people.

This surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,954,796. In Pakistan Hifazat is most numerous in: Sindh, where 40 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 30 percent reside and Punjab, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 18 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hifaza921/
Hifajat8650/
Hifazad861/
Chifaza861/
Hifaaza861/
Ifaza8319/
Haifajat801/
Hifasath801/
Efazat7719/
Ifazah771/
Ifajat771/
Hefajat7120/
Chifoza711/
Hefasat711/
Ifasath711/
Ifasa6715/
Hiphajat677/
Efaza671/

Hifazat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hifazat in the Marathi language
हीफाजतhiphajata-
Hifazat in the Hindi language
हिफाजतhiphajata59.09
हिफाज़तhiphazata27.27
हिफ़ाज़तhifazata13.64

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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 Hifazat
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