Maarf Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Maarf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Maarf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2271:338,24922,944
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Maarf Last Name Facts

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

Maarf is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maarf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maarf? popularity and diffusion

Maarf is the 1,025,894th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Maarf are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

The surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 227 people, or 1 in 338,249. In Iran Maarf is primarily found in: Kerman Province, where 60 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 13 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Iran this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maarfh918/
Maarwf913/
Marf89103/
Maarfth838/
Marfe801,096/
Maarb80228/
Marwf8036/
Marrf804/
Mearf803/
Marfh802/
Mairf801/
Marff801/
Maarv801/
Marft801/
Mearef734/
Maharv732/
Mairef732/
Mearfe730/
Marw6738,855/
Morf672,444/
Marb67336/
Marv67117/
Merf6731/
Marfova678/
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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 Maarf
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