Khafaf Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Palestine

Khafaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khafaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1631:471,05828,585
Palestine801:56,8615,443
Iraq731:479,7498,022
England111:5,065,278148,650
Jordan111:803,85814,945
France81:8,302,840321,660
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Khafaf (45) may also be a first name.

Khafaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Khafaf is found most in Iran. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Khafaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Khafaf is the 783,439th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Khafaf are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 46 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,504,468th most common forename in the world, borne by 45 people.

The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 471,058. In Iran Khafaf is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 45 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 37 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Iran Khafaf is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 22 percent reside and Iraq, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Haffaf833,382/
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Khofaif771/
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Kafab732/
Hafaw731/
Kafafova712/
Hadfhadf711/
Khaffouf711/
Houfaf67681/
Qaffaf67279/
Kafowa6727/
Kafova6719/
Keffaf6711/
Haffow674/
Heifaf674/
Kaufof673/
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Jaffaf671/
Jaafaf671/
Haifaw671/
Kofafe671/
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Caffaf671/
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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 Khafaf
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