Kharifah Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Kharifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kharifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559

Kharifah (48) may also be a first name.

Kharifah Last Name Facts

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

Kharifah is most common in Indonesia. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kharifah.

How Common Is The Last Name Kharifah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kharifah is the 6,360,413th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Kharifah are found; 67 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kharifah is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 48 people.

The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Kharifah is most numerous in: Central Java, where 86 percent reside and Papua, where 14 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Taiwan, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khairifah947/
Kharifa9392/
Karifah9314/
Kareifah8863/
Khorifah8858/
Kaurifah8813/
Kherifah881/
Karifa8689/
Khoirifah8212/
Kharufa8010/
Kherifa809/
Karifay804/
Carifah802/
Karifaa801/
Qarifah801/
Kariffa801/
Karefah801/
Kharrufa7528/
Koirifah757/
Kairufah756/
Karhefah751/
Chearifa751/
Kheraifa751/
Kaharefa751/
Khourifa751/
Korifa71208/
Carifa71104/
Karefa7141/
Karifo717/
Kerifa717/
Karufa715/
Karyfa712/
Qarifa711/
Kourifa67220/
Qorifah679/
Cariffa675/
Kerrifa672/
Khourichfa672/
Karifou671/
Keraifa671/
Karefat670/

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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 Kharifah
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