Iskif Surname

350,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,041 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Iskif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iskif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria9801:19,6951,463
Lebanon441:128,1166,774
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Iskif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iskif occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iskif? popularity and diffusion

Iskif is the 350,471st most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Iskif are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Levant.

The last name is most frequently held in Syria, where it is held by 980 people, or 1 in 19,695. In Syria Iskif is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 97 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 3 percent reside and Quneitra Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Beside Syria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 4 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Iskif Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Iskif last name is predominantly Sunni (32%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iskeif918/
Iskief913/
Iskaif911/
Iskiw8098/
Iskiv8070/
Iskef8016/
Eskif804/
Ikhif801/
Eskeif7332/
Iskiev7322/
Eskief736/
Eskaif733/
Ishkiw733/
Ikhief733/
Hiskiw731/
Iskeyf731/
Yskeif731/
Eskife731/
Iszkiv731/
Ikhife731/
Ishkiv731/
Ishkiev6716/
Iscaife679/
Jkif672/
Ikef672/
Ikjf671/
Iqif671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Iskif
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