Thief Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Thief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia331:4,007,551204,828
Iran171:4,516,619115,816
Cambodia71:2,212,4497,503
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Thief (27) may also be a first name.

Thief Last Name Facts

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

Thief is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Thief click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thief? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,414,640th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Thief reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Thief is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 27 people.

Thief is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 4,007,551. In Indonesia Thief is most frequent in: Yogyakarta, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 27 percent are found and Cambodia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thieft913/
Thiefs912/
Tief89185/
Thif898/
Thieffe831/
Tahaief831/
Thoif80199/
Thaif80140/
Tieff8084/
Thiew8044/
Thefe8016/
Theif809/
Thift808/
Tiefs807/
Theff803/
Thiev803/
Tiefe803/
Thiff802/
Thetf802/
Theef802/
Thife801/
Thiof801/
Theuf801/
Thisf801/
Thefz800/
Theaf800/
Tif75524/
Tef7573/
Tahaif73267/
Theefs7317/
Taheef739/
Theifz736/
Theiff735/
Thaaif733/
Tieffe733/
Thiphe732/
Tietfe732/
Thaife731/
Tyhefe731/
Tehaif731/
Thiews731/
Theift731/
Tyhuif731/
Taif6717,631/
Tiew674,666/
Thew672,467/
Tefe672,326/
Teuf671,118/
Tift671,040/
Teff67412/
Toif67280/
Ștef67246/
Teft67236/
Teef67189/
Tieb67174/
Tefs67144/
Tiev67143/
Tife67129/
Teyf6795/
Teif6793/
Tiff6778/
Thev6754/
Thiv6722/
Teaf6718/
Thoiyeb6717/
Tiefová6713/
Tesf676/
Tiof674/
Ttef673/
Tewf673/
Thiw672/
Tgif672/
Tifs671/
Tiwf671/
Htef671/
Tefh671/
Tejf671/
Tevf671/
Tezf671/
Tyef671/
Tjif671/
Tjhf671/
Tuif671/
Tivf671/
Tifz671/
Tijf671/
Tiefova671/
Htif671/
Theesfe671/
Tefz670/
Tipf670/

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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 Thief
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