Tareef Surname

131,858th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Tareef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tareef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan1,3811:6,4031,266
Iraq1,0271:34,1011,558
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
United Arab Emirates1691:54,2155,361
Pakistan1571:1,137,85913,974
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Lebanon1091:51,7164,233
Syria701:275,7294,400
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
India271:28,409,829361,298
Israel131:658,28045,106
Yemen91:2,936,14415,216
Palestine61:758,14214,544
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323

Tareef (4,343) may also be a first name.

Tareef Last Name Facts

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

Tareef (Hindi: तारीफ) is more commonly found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tareef? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 131,858th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,127,130 people. The last name Tareef is predominantly found 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 frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 4,343 people.

The last name Tareef is most widespread in Jordan, where it is held by 1,381 people, or 1 in 6,403. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 70 percent reside, Karak Governorate, where 21 percent reside and Madaba Governorate, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Jordan this last name exists 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 bearing the Tareef last name is primarily Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tasreef925/
Thareef922/
Tareefp921/
Taareef921/
Taref91265/
Thaureef863/
Tareev83719/
Tarefe83533/
Tarief83195/
Tareew8329/
Tareeb838/
Tareff835/
Tasref833/
Tareif832/
Tareft831/
Taaref831/
Tauref831/
Thaareeaf807/
Thahreeaf802/
Tatreev777/
Thareew772/
Tareyev771/
Tahreew771/
Tarejev771/
Tehreef771/
Tarheev771/
Targeev771/
Tareiff771/
Tarif738,027/
Teref732,744/
Tareb731,681/
Tarev73145/
Toref7395/
Taryf738/
Tarew737/
Tarayeff7124/
Tarejeva7121/
Tarejevs716/
Taraieff711/
Tearaief710/
Tasrif671,760/
Tarife671,010/
Taraev67830/
Tareva67463/
Toreev67445/
Tarouf67257/
Tariev67198/
Taroev67162/
Taraif67123/
Tharif6755/
Torefe6743/
Tariff6735/
Tereev6725/
Tireev6718/
Taurif6718/
Torref6716/
Taarif6712/
Tahreb676/
Tarrif676/
Tareaw675/
Taurev674/
Tarift673/
Tairev673/
Taruev673/
Tarebø673/
Taraew672/
Tarauf672/
Taryev672/
Tareib671/
Touref671/
Terief671/
Tereif671/
Taheereew671/
Tareuw671/
Tareyv671/
Targif671/
Taureb671/
Taroif671/
Teuref671/
Taerif671/
Theref671/
Tahrif671/
Tearew670/
Tarrev670/

Tareef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tareef in the Hindi language
तारीफtaripha-

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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 Tareef
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