Lateef Surname
Approximately 106,121 people bear this surname
Lateef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57,212 | 1:3,096 | 414 |
| Pakistan | 31,997 | 1:5,583 | 509 |
| India | 12,240 | 1:62,669 | 4,281 |
| Egypt | 1,037 | 1:88,656 | 7,732 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| United States | 703 | 1:515,589 | 43,135 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Iraq | 293 | 1:119,528 | 3,373 |
| England | 282 | 1:197,582 | 17,327 |
| United Arab Emirates | 233 | 1:39,323 | 4,092 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Lateef (100,418) may also be a first name.
Lateef Demographics
Average Male Lateef Height
176.06 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lateef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lateef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lateef (Hindi: लतीफ, Marathi: लतीफ़) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lateef? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,338th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 68,672 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Lateef live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 10,150th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 100,418 people.
Lateef is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 57,212 people, or 1 in 3,096. In Nigeria Lateef is most frequent in: Oyo, where 34 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Lateef is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Lateef Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Lateef surname is primarily Muslim (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Lateef surname are 10.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.96% registered with the political party.
The amount Lateef earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.36% more than the national average, earning $46,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.15% less than the national average, earning $48,119 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lateef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lateef in the Hindi language | ||
| लतीफ | latipha | 97.58 |
| अलतीफ | alatipha | 2.25 |
| लतीफ़ | latifa | 0.16 |
| Lateef in the Marathi language | ||
| लतीफ़ | latifa | 83.33 |
| लतीफ़़ | latifa | 16.67 |
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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 Lateef
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