Mariff Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Mariff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mariff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Mariff Last Name Facts

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

Mariff is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mariff.

How Common Is The Last Name Mariff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Mariff reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname Mariff is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Mariff is most frequent in: Selangor, where 75 percent are found and Perak, where 25 percent are found. Barring Malaysia Mariff exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mareiff9231/
Maariff927/
Marriff921/
Marif911,831/
Mahariff863/
Maarif8318,879/
Mairif831,847/
Maerif83335/
Mahrif83116/
Marife8393/
Masrif8380/
Maraif8363/
Marief8314/
Mareff837/
Marrif834/
Moriff832/
Maurif832/
Meriff832/
Maruif831/
Marzif831/
Mearif831/
Matrif831/
Margif831/
Maarief77771/
Ma'arif77100/
Maharif7718/
Mareeff779/
Maareif779/
Mairife771/
Marzoif771/
Morriff771/
Maarrif771/
Marreff771/
Marib73487/
Maref73271/
Merif7343/
Mariv7326/
Mariw738/
Morif735/
Maryf730/
Marifova7143/
Morrieff711/
Marreeff711/
Maireffe711/
Mattreff711/
Marref671,661/
Mariev671,465/
Maaref671,340/
Marhib67240/
Maraib6742/
Morife6736/
Mareef6727/
Moreff6723/
Maarib6718/
Moraif6714/
Mariov6711/
Maariv676/
Morrif676/
Masriv675/
Maarifova675/
Maruiv674/
Masref674/
Mearef674/
Mohrif674/
Mairef672/
Maàref672/
Marhiv672/
Mariws672/
Maurib672/
Marefh671/
Majrib671/
Marypf671/
Marriv671/
Merrif671/
Matref671/
Marziw671/
Maritv671/
Mourif671/
Muirif671/
Mgaref671/
Marefe671/
Maeref671/
Moorif670/

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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 Mariff
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