Ketif Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Ketif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1091:354,41831,893
France71:9,488,960336,266
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kétif (1) are calculated separately.

Ketif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ketif occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kétif. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketif? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ketif is the 1,683,218th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Ketif occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ketif reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 93 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name Ketif is most frequent in Algeria, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 354,418. In Algeria Ketif is most frequent in: Tébessa Province, where 99 percent live and Tlemcen Province, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kétif931/
Kettif912/
Katif801,043/
Kotif8012/
Ketiv805/
Ketef801/
Khatif73374/
Chetif7397/
Ketefe7390/
Khotif7366/
Kitaif7316/
Ketiow737/
Kathif735/
Katiff735/
Ketiev734/
Kettib734/
Kettef734/
Kestef731/
Katuif731/
Keetib731/
Katief731/
Kaitiff6716/
Khathif677/
Katheif675/
Khettib675/
Khetiev673/
Chettif672/
Keytiev671/
Kattiff670/

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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 Ketif
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