Naouf Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

Naouf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naouf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Naouf (13) may also be a first name.

Naouf Last Name Facts

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

Naouf is held by more people in Qatar than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Naouf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Naouf are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Naouf is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name internationally, held by 13 people.

It is most widely held in Qatar, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 393,000. Other than Qatar it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent are found and Kuwait, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naaouf911/
Naoufe911/
Naof892/
Nouaf80143/
Nauuf807/
Na'of802/
Naoub801/
Nauaf801/
Naofe801/
Nahuf801/
Naijuf73252/
Naiyuf735/
Naoueb734/
Nahoff731/
Noujif731/
Noiufe731/
Nahoub731/
Naoife731/
Nauafe731/
Neahof730/
Nagioff6743/
Noaf6712/
Naob6710/
Naow676/
Niehauf675/
Naijufs673/
Naov672/
Najjoub671/
Neahoff670/

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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 Naouf
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis