Muneef Surname

303,202nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Muneef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muneef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8771:23,7273,118
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
India691:11,116,890206,545
Pakistan571:3,134,10324,953
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Maldives81:50,5222,455
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muneef (2,161) may also be a first name.

Muneef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muneef (Hindi: मुनीफ) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muneef? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 303,202nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,825,376 people. The last name Muneef occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Muneef reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Muneef is also the 161,344th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 2,161 people.

Muneef is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Apart from Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 16 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Munef9175/
Muneeb835,539/
Moneef83522/
Munief8344/
Mineef834/
Muneev834/
Munnef832/
Mineeff7718/
Munheeb772/
Munif7311,015/
Munev73100/
Muneb7323/
Minef735/
Monef734/
Munew732/
Mineev6710,665/
Mounif678,217/
Munaev67791/
Muneva6792/
Mineff6755/
Muniev6745/
Muniff6737/
Mouneb6733/
Mineif6726/
Moneff6716/
Muenif6711/
Mineew678/
Munaif676/
Moneev673/
Maunev672/
Mujnif672/
Meuneb672/
Muneab672/
Mousennef671/
Musnif671/
Maunif671/
Munifh671/
Munuif671/
Muneib671/

Muneef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Muneef in the Hindi language
मुनीफmunipha-

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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 Muneef
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