Tanif Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Tanif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tanif (66) may also be a first name.

Tanif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanif (Hindi: तनीफ, Marathi: तनीफ, Russian: Таниф) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tanif.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Tanif occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Tanif live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Tanif is also the 1,201,840th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 66 people.

The last name Tanif is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 39,839,193. Outside of Bangladesh this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tasnif9138/
Tannif911/
Tanife911/
Tanaif911/
Tamnife831/
Tanib80286/
Taniv8034/
Tanef8017/
Taniw803/
Tanjf801/
Tenif801/
Tonif801/
Taniev73152/
Taynib73123/
Tannib7377/
Taneff7357/
Taniph734/
Tanibh734/
Tanaib734/
Thaniv733/
Tonife732/
Tainef732/
Thanef731/
Taneiv731/
Tasnef731/
Taneef731/
Tanniv731/
Taniov731/
Tasneef6723/
Thaneuf672/
Tauneef671/
Tanheff671/
Tanniev671/

Tanif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanif in the Marathi language
तनीफtanipha-
Tanif in the Hindi language
तनीफtanipha71.43
तानिफtanipha28.57
Tanif in the Russian language
Танифtanif-

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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 Tanif
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