Tayif Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Tayif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tayif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Tayif (28) may also be a first name.

Tayif Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tayif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻳﻒ) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tayif? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tayif is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Tayif are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name in the world, held by 28 people.

The last name Tayif is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia Tayif is mostly found in: Jambi, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tayife91405/
Thayif913/
Taif8917,631/
Tayf8917/
Tayib803,200/
Tayef801,661/
Taief80615/
Tayfe80294/
Tayaf80268/
Thaif80140/
Taife8035/
Thayf8022/
Toyif8010/
Taiff808/
Taizf804/
Taiyf802/
Tajif802/
Taidf801/
Tayiv801/
Taaif801/
Tayft801/
Taifh801/
Tayfh801/
Tahaif73267/
Tayfeh7331/
Tayiev7320/
Tayefe7316/
Thayef7315/
Thaief7313/
Taifeh7311/
Taieef733/
Thaaif733/
Taiafe732/
T'Aief731/
Taiefe731/
Tahiaf731/
Tayouf731/
Thaife731/
Tayafe731/
Taiffe730/
Taib6745,539/
Tayb671,694/
Taef67505/
Toif67280/
Tauf67264/
Tief67185/
Teyf6795/
Teif6793/
Tayv6746/
Taiw6724/
Taiv6723/
Teaf6718/
Tagieff6716/
Tayfova673/
Tuif671/
Tayw671/
Tijf671/
Tuyf671/
Tyef671/
Tajf671/

Tayif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tayif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻳﻒaltayf-

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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 Tayif
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