If Surname

287,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

If Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

If Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4271:215,30615,336
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Indonesia2431:544,23543,920
Russia1231:1,171,73286,402
Iran381:2,020,59371,790
India211:36,526,923420,161
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
England41:13,929,515290,718
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
China31:455,773,85521,925
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

If (923) may also be a first name.

If Last Name Facts

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

If (Russian: Иф) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name If? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 287,196th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,450,670 people. If occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of If are found; 55 percent are found in North Africa and 32 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 266,626th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 923 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 215,306. Besides Egypt If is found in 58 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 23 percent reside and Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.

If Last Name Statistics demography

If earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.42% less than the national average, earning $34,768 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ife802,593/
Iff80903/
Aif80299/
Yif80203/
Hif80165/
Gif80147/
Ift80109/
Eif8030/
Oif8029/
Ief8024/
Iof8023/
Itf8021/
Jif8018/
Ifs8015/
Uif8014/
Ivf8010/
Ipf808/
Idf808/
Izf807/
Ifz807/
Ihf807/
Ifp806/
Ifh805/
Isf805/
Ijf803/
Iwf803/
Țif801/
Haif672,507/
Ifft67471/
Giff67446/
Hife67408/
Ijff67355/
Eiff67271/
Heif67245/
Eife67243/
Hiff67234/
Jift67163/
Hief67143/
Ishf67134/
Aisf67114/
Hipf67108/
Ihfe6774/
Aife6768/
Hifz6762/
Aiff6760/
Iffe6740/
Hift6739/
Ijfs6724/
Aifs6716/
Gaif6715/
Idft6713/
Jiff679/
Ioff677/
Aaif676/
Idfe676/
Hoif675/
Aitf674/
Yife674/
Oife674/
Uife673/
Jife673/
Goif673/
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Hisf672/
Aiwf672/
Huif672/
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Ioyf672/
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Eivf672/
Oiwf672/
Gifh671/
Oift671/
Isfs671/
Jitf671/
Țiff671/
Gipf671/
Ieff671/
Oifz671/
Oihf671/
Oipf671/
Oisf671/
Oivf671/
Uiff671/
Uifh671/
Uifs671/
Uift671/
Uihf671/
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Yidf671/
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Aifh671/
Aifz671/
Eipf671/
Eijf671/
Eihf671/
Eitf671/
Ivfh671/
Ivfp671/
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Izft671/
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Iwwf671/
Jidf671/
Jief671/
Jifp671/
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Givf671/
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Isfp671/
Isft671/
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Ipfp671/
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Jipf670/
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If Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
If in the Russian language
Ифif-

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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 If
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