Mahif Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Mahif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mahif 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
Iran941:816,83540,564
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Mahif (17) may also be a first name.

Mahif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mahif (Hindi: महीफ, Oriya: ମହିଫ) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahif? popularity and diffusion

Mahif is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Mahif occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Mahif live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Mahif is also the 2,694,839th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 816,835. In Iran Mahif is most frequent in: Khuzestan Province, where 67 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 13 percent are found and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Morocco, where 1 percent are found.

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
Mahief9118/
Mohif8085/
Moaif801/
Mauif801/
Mahef801/
Mahiv801/
Maayif7335/
Mahiew738/
Mahiev735/
Mouaif733/
Maahib732/
Mahoiv731/
Mohijf731/
M'Aayif677/
Maef672/
Mahivsh671/
Mayhiew670/
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Mahif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mahif in the Hindi language
महीफmahipha-
Mahif in the Oriya language
ମହିଫmahipha-

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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 Mahif
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