Latif Surname
Approximately 682,235 people bear this surname
Latif Surname User-submission:
Derivative of the Arabic, Latif, meaning 'gentle', or 'kind'.
Latif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 366,566 | 1:487 | 74 |
| Iraq | 67,044 | 1:522 | 85 |
| Indonesia | 55,713 | 1:2,374 | 281 |
| Bangladesh | 38,210 | 1:4,171 | 386 |
| India | 30,520 | 1:25,133 | 1,892 |
| Egypt | 18,183 | 1:5,056 | 650 |
| Malaysia | 17,427 | 1:1,692 | 258 |
| Mozambique | 16,068 | 1:1,697 | 403 |
| Ghana | 10,391 | 1:2,600 | 418 |
| Sudan | 9,800 | 1:3,828 | 555 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,262 | 1:3,331 | 442 |
| Morocco | 6,577 | 1:5,242 | 610 |
| England | 4,477 | 1:12,445 | 1,837 |
| Afghanistan | 4,397 | 1:7,313 | 600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,816 | 1:2,401 | 295 |
| Iran | 3,298 | 1:23,282 | 2,937 |
| Lebanon | 2,732 | 1:2,063 | 398 |
| United States | 2,298 | 1:157,728 | 16,112 |
| Nigeria | 1,976 | 1:89,647 | 6,251 |
| Syria | 1,911 | 1:10,100 | 906 |
| Kuwait | 1,359 | 1:2,797 | 357 |
| Qatar | 933 | 1:2,527 | 227 |
| Jordan | 708 | 1:12,489 | 2,173 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Brunei | 595 | 1:704 | 135 |
| Canada | 590 | 1:62,450 | 7,302 |
| Turkey | 570 | 1:136,529 | 11,064 |
| Australia | 374 | 1:72,181 | 8,509 |
| Spain | 348 | 1:134,345 | 10,163 |
| Bahrain | 338 | 1:3,990 | 671 |
| South Africa | 315 | 1:171,993 | 19,060 |
| Oman | 290 | 1:12,717 | 1,465 |
| Scotland | 241 | 1:22,215 | 2,527 |
| Greece | 229 | 1:48,383 | 7,933 |
| Denmark | 211 | 1:26,752 | 2,750 |
| Mauritania | 210 | 1:19,499 | 1,783 |
| Philippines | 170 | 1:595,519 | 64,950 |
| Sweden | 165 | 1:59,677 | 4,579 |
| Yemen | 160 | 1:165,158 | 7,856 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Kenya | 124 | 1:372,419 | 21,454 |
| Tunisia | 124 | 1:4,924 | 786 |
| Guyana | 116 | 1:6,571 | 1,108 |
| Norway | 87 | 1:59,107 | 8,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 81 | 1:3,938 | 687 |
| Wales | 79 | 1:39,171 | 3,833 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 1:117,327 | 12,009 |
| Kazakhstan | 69 | 1:256,268 | 22,420 |
| Belgium | 68 | 1:169,068 | 23,042 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Algeria | 55 | 1:702,392 | 40,437 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Libya | 49 | 1:127,428 | 674 |
| Bulgaria | 47 | 1:148,487 | 8,516 |
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Austria | 39 | 1:218,344 | 26,757 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Italy | 27 | 1:2,265,063 | 92,103 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Tajikistan | 22 | 1:381,213 | 2,820 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Palestine | 11 | 1:413,532 | 12,017 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| North Macedonia | 10 | 1:210,147 | 13,835 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 1:1,072,125 | 15,755 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kosovo | 4 | 1:465,467 | 10,032 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Làtif (1) are calculated separately.
Latif (195,235) may also be a first name.
Latif Surname Meaning
Latif Demographics
Average Latif Salary in
United States
$51,432 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Latif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Latif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Latif (Arabic: اللطيف, Bengali: লতিফ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻄﻴﻒ, Hindi: लतीफ, Marathi: लतीफ, Oriya: ଲତିଫ, Russian: Латиф) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Làtif. Click here for further possible spellings of Latif.
How Common Is The Last Name Latif? popularity and diffusion
Latif is the 778th most widespread family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,682 people. Latif is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Latif are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,364th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 195,235 people.
It is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 366,566 people, or 1 in 487. In Pakistan Latif is most numerous in: Punjab, where 68 percent live, Sindh, where 14 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name occurs in 139 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Latif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Latif surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Maronite (37%) in Lebanon and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Latif surname are 0.030000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.26% registered with the political party.
The amount Latif earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 1.55% less than the national average, earning 340,713 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 35% more than the national average, earning R 320,808 per year; in United States they earn 19.2% more than the national average, earning $51,432 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $47,992 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Latif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Latif in the Bengali language | ||
| লতিফ | latipha | 98.52 |
| Latif in the Hindi language | ||
| लतीफ | latipha | 97.86 |
| लतीफ़ | latifa | 0.67 |
| लतीफ़ | latifa | 0.21 |
| लतीफ् | latiph | 0.01 |
| Latif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻄﻴﻒ | alltyf | 90.48 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻴﻒ | altyf | 7.94 |
| ﻟﻄﻴﻒ | ltyf | 1.59 |
| Latif in the Marathi language | ||
| लतीफ | latipha | 87.87 |
| अलतीफ | alatipha | 10.29 |
| लतीफ़ | latifa | 1.07 |
| लतीक | latika | 0.04 |
| लतीब | latiba | 0.02 |
| लती | lati | 0.01 |
| अतीक | atika | 0.01 |
| साटी | sati | 0.01 |
| लाजी | laji | 0.01 |
| लतीप | latipa | 0.01 |
| आतीक | atika | 0 |
| लतीफ़ा | latifa | 0 |
| लता | lata | 0 |
| लतीश | latisa | 0 |
| Latif in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲତିଫ | latipha | 78.82 |
| ଲତିଫ୍ | latiph | 16.47 |
| ଲତିପ | latipa | 1.18 |
| ଲତୀଫ୍ | latiph | 1.18 |
| Latif in the Russian language | ||
| Латиф | latif | - |
| Latif in the Arabic language | ||
| اللطيف | alltyf | - |
| لطيف | ltyf | - |
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