Qif Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Qif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Qif (11) may also be a first name.

Qif Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qif has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qif? popularity and diffusion

The surname Qif is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qif are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 11 people.

This last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Baghlan, where 50 percent live and Takhar, where 50 percent live. Outside of Afghanistan this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qoif867/
Qaif867/
Qkif862/
Quif862/
Gqif861/
Qitf861/
Qiwf861/
Qeif861/
Qhif861/
Qifh861/
Qihf861/
Qijf861/
Quaif7599/
Quief7570/
Quift753/
Qaife752/
Quife751/
Qhoif751/
Qqipf751/
Quhif751/
Quifh751/
Quiff750/
Quaife671,160/
Kif67695/
Cif67362/
Quaiff6749/
Qib6716/
Qjf6713/
Qiw678/
Qiv678/
Qef675/
Qyf673/

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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 Qif
  • 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