Tahif Surname

858,879th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 317 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Tahif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Tahif Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1661:159,1897,721
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Tahif (16) may also be a first name.

Tahif Last Name Facts

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

Tahif (Hindi: तहीफ, Marathi: ताहीफ, Oriya: ତାହିଫ) occurs in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tahif.

How Common Is The Last Name Tahif? popularity and diffusion

Tahif is the 858,879th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. Tahif is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Tahif live; 54 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Tahif is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 159,189. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 100 percent live. Outside of Yemen this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 43 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tauhif913/
Tahaief831/
Tohif806/
Teaif805/
Tahiv804/
Taeif801/
Tahef801/
Toaif801/
Tahiw801/
Taheef739/
Taef67505/
Taihjib674/
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Tahif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tahif in the Oriya language
ତାହିଫtahipha-
Tahif in the Marathi language
ताहीफtahipha-
Tahif in the Hindi language
तहीफtahipha66.67
ताहिफtahipha33.33

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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 Tahif
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