Lafif Surname

409,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 853 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Lafif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lafif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco6821:50,5518,318
Iraq581:603,8229,381
Indonesia531:2,495,268147,726
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
France111:6,038,429280,838
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
India61:127,844,230863,365
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Lafif (58) may also be a first name.

Lafif Last Name Facts

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

Lafif is found most frequently in Morocco. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lafif? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lafif is the 409,546th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,543,430 people. The last name Lafif occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Lafif live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Mahgreb. Lafif is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 58 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 682 people, or 1 in 50,551. Outside of Morocco it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 7 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lafife9132/
Laafif9116/
Lafief9114/
Lafiff911/
Laàfif911/
Latfif911/
Lafitfe831/
Lafib808/
Lefif804/
Lafef801/
Lefief73451/
Lafeef7389/
Leifif7321/
Lotfif7317/
Laffew734/
Lafeaf731/
Lefiff730/
Latfeef671/
Lefieff671/
Lafev606/
Lafew603/
Lefef601/
Lefiv601/
Leffew551,495/
Lofefe5521/
Leffef5510/
Lafeev554/
Laphiw552/
Lofiev551/
Lafeva551/
Lafhew550/
Laphaiv504/
Laphiew501/

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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 Lafif
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