Swarif Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Swarif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swarif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India111:69,733,217610,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Swarif (82) may also be a first name.

Swarif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Swarif is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swarif? popularity and diffusion

The surname Swarif is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Swarif live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Swarif is also the 1,060,447th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 82 people.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 69,733,217. In India it is mostly found in: Assam, where 91 percent live and Bihar, where 9 percent live. Outside of India it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swariff923/
Suarif835/
Sbarif831/
Shwerif779/
Sbariff771/
Suariff771/
Sweriff770/
Schuarif712/
Swhareef712/
Suarib6712/
Zuarif677/
Swareb671/

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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 Swarif
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