Tareef Surname
Approximately 3,426 people bear this surname
Tareef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1,381 | 1:6,403 | 1,266 |
| Iraq | 1,027 | 1:34,101 | 1,558 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| United Arab Emirates | 169 | 1:54,215 | 5,361 |
| Pakistan | 157 | 1:1,137,859 | 13,974 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Lebanon | 109 | 1:51,716 | 4,233 |
| Syria | 70 | 1:275,729 | 4,400 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
Tareef (4,343) may also be a first name.
Tareef Demographics
Tareef Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Tareef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tareef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tareef (Hindi: तारीफ) is most common in Jordan. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tareef? popularity and diffusion
It is the 131,858th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,127,130 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Tareef reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 76 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 104,838th most widely held first name globally It is held by 4,343 people.
It is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is held by 1,381 people, or 1 in 6,403. In Jordan Tareef is most numerous in: Amman Governorate, where 70 percent reside, Karak Governorate, where 21 percent reside and Madaba Governorate, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Jordan this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 30 percent reside and Egypt, where 9 percent reside.
Tareef Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tareef surname is chiefly Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tasreef | 92 | 5 | / |
| Thareef | 92 | 2 | / |
| Tareefp | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taareef | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taref | 91 | 265 | / |
| Thaureef | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tareev | 83 | 719 | / |
| Tarefe | 83 | 533 | / |
| Tarief | 83 | 195 | / |
| Tareew | 83 | 29 | / |
| Tareeb | 83 | 8 | / |
| Tareff | 83 | 5 | / |
| Tasref | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tareif | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tareft | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taaref | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tauref | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thaareeaf | 80 | 7 | / |
| Thahreeaf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tatreev | 77 | 7 | / |
| Thareew | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tareyev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tahreew | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarejev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tehreef | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarheev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Targeev | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tareiff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tarif | 73 | 8,027 | / |
| Teref | 73 | 2,744 | / |
| Tareb | 73 | 1,681 | / |
| Tarev | 73 | 145 | / |
| Toref | 73 | 95 | / |
| Taryf | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tarew | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tarayeff | 71 | 24 | / |
| Tarejeva | 71 | 21 | / |
| Tarejevs | 71 | 6 | / |
| Taraieff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tearaief | 71 | 0 | / |
| Tasrif | 67 | 1,760 | / |
| Tarife | 67 | 1,010 | / |
| Taraev | 67 | 830 | / |
| Tareva | 67 | 463 | / |
| Toreev | 67 | 445 | / |
| Tarouf | 67 | 257 | / |
| Tariev | 67 | 198 | / |
| Taroev | 67 | 162 | / |
| Taraif | 67 | 123 | / |
| Tharif | 67 | 55 | / |
| Torefe | 67 | 43 | / |
| Tariff | 67 | 35 | / |
| Tereev | 67 | 25 | / |
| Tireev | 67 | 18 | / |
| Taurif | 67 | 18 | / |
| Torref | 67 | 16 | / |
| Taarif | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tahreb | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tarrif | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tareaw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Taurev | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tarift | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tairev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taruev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tarebø | 67 | 3 | / |
| Taraew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tarauf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Taryev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tareib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touref | 67 | 1 | / |
| Terief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tereif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taheereew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tareuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tareyv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Targif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taureb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taroif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teuref | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taerif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theref | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahrif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tearew | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tarrev | 67 | 0 | / |
Tareef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tareef in the Hindi language | ||
| तारीफ | taripha | - |
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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 Tareef
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