Seyf Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Seyf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seyf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3151:243,75418,552
Russia511:2,825,942156,501
Northern Cyprus271:11,8153,048
Belarus201:475,05345,383
England201:2,785,90397,972
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Seyf (762) may also be a first name.

Seyf Last Name Facts

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

Seyf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻒ, Russian: Сейф) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Seyf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 633,196th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. The last name Seyf occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Seyf live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 297,476th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 762 people.

The surname Seyf is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 243,754. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 29 percent live, Hamadan Province, where 18 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent live. Other than Iran this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 6 percent live.

Seyf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seyfe899,132/
Seyff8921/
Seyef899/
Seyaf897/
Seyif893/
Sheyf891/
Sef863,000/
Syf8619/
Seyife802,898/
Seyefe802,254/
Seiyfe804/
Sheyaf803/
Sheyfe801/
Seyoff800/
Seif75156,343/
Sief756,226/
Suef752,932/
Seef752,148/
Seaf751,704/
Saef751,571/
Sefe751,516/
Shef751,311/
Sayf75754/
Seff75612/
Seyb75578/
Ssef75563/
Szef7594/
Zeyf7545/
Soef7545/
Sefz7522/
Szyf7518/
Shyf7515/
Syef7510/
Seft758/
Sjef755/
Sgef754/
Soyf753/
Sejf753/
Sedf753/
Xsef753/
Seuf752/
Syfe751/
Sepf751/
Scef751/
Setf751/
Sefh751/
Sefp751/
Sefs751/
Sehf751/
Sesf751/
Sxyf751/
Syft751/
Syof751/
Sytf751/
Syvf751/
Ceyf751/
Jsyf751/
Hsef751/
Seyfova7310/
Seife6715,181/
Sheff671,643/
Souef671,111/
Sayef671,108/
Saief671,008/
Siyaf67587/
Sheaf67517/
Sieff67429/
Seyab67322/
Sayaf67305/
Sheef67292/
Seiff67277/
Sheft67134/
Schef67111/
Szeif67107/
Szefs67107/
Seeff67102/
Sueff67101/
Shief6774/
Schyf6763/
Seidf6762/
Siefe6736/
Shaef6730/
Shoef6723/
Shefe6717/
Sheif6715/
Ceyfs6714/
Saiyf6713/
Seuff6713/
Sayfe6711/
Sayyf679/
Seefe678/
Soyef678/
Sheyb678/
Szepf678/
Soyaf677/
Seyeb677/
Hseef677/
Jzsef676/
Sayuf676/
Shepf676/
Seift676/
Seafe675/
Sieaf675/
Szyff675/
Sseif674/
Seifs674/
Sheuf674/
Sayof674/
Seiif674/
Sayif673/
Szeff673/
Suyfe673/
Sehaf673/
Shyff673/
Sheyv672/
Seyav672/
Sgeef672/
Sawef672/
Suief672/
Seyub672/
Seyib671/
Sceff671/
Sceif671/
Saydf671/
Shuef671/
Seuft671/
Seifh671/
Suyef671/
Syffe671/
Seeft671/
Seffe671/
Zeyaf671/
Seefh671/
Seifp671/
Shedf671/
Hsyfe671/
Seyew671/
Sefft671/
Sefph671/
Scydf671/
Seiaf671/
Jsefh671/
Jssyf671/
Sieft670/
Sceft670/
Siefs670/
Seaff670/
Soyfe670/

Seyf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Seyf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻴﻒsyf-
Seyf in the Russian language
Сейфsejf-

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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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  • 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 Seyf
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