Qatifah Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Qatifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qatifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria1341:144,0373,682
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Qatifah (7,282) may also be a first name.

Qatifah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qatifah occurs in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Qatifah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qatifah? popularity and diffusion

Qatifah is the 1,504,764th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Qatifah live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Levant. It is also the 75,627th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 7,282 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 144,037. In Syria it is mostly found in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live. Not including Syria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 3 percent live and Yemen, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Catifah8690/
Qatifat8619/
Katifah8612/
Khatifah8012/
Quatiffa801/
Katifa77458/
Kotifah71114/
Khatifa7126/
Cotifah7111/
Kathifa711/
Kataifa711/
Khotifah67358/
Catifait6741/
Catufa6275/
Kotifa6223/
Ketifa628/
Katefa628/
Katufa622/
Khetifa574/
Costifas531/
Kostifas531/
Khatiphot5041/

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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 Qatifah
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