Urf Surname

73,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,733 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Urf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan4,0681:43,9141,879
India2,5401:301,99417,002
Austria341:250,45429,541
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Turkey281:2,779,33682,809
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Urf (782) may also be a first name.

Urf Last Name Facts

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

Urf (Hindi: उर्फ, Russian: Урф) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 73,165th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,082,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Urf live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Urf is also the 293,371st most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 782 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 4,068 people, or 1 in 43,914. In Pakistan Urf is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 72 percent live, Sindh, where 26 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent live. Barring Pakistan this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 38 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Urf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Urf last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Urf earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urff86236/
Aurf8619/
Urfe8614/
Hurf866/
Uyrf862/
Uerf862/
Gurf861/
Usrf861/
Urzf861/
Urhf861/
Uirf861/
Ujrf861/
Urpf861/
Urfh861/
Ourf861/
Hurff75283/
Aurfe751/
Gourf751/
Eurfs751/
Hurft751/
Hurpf750/
Orf672,443/
Urb67459/
Irf6772/
Urv6731/
Hourfe679/
Urw673/
Aurffe671/
Hurrff670/

Urf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urf in the Hindi language
उर्फurpha95.28
ऊर्फurpha4.31
Urf in the Russian language
Урфurf-

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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 Urf
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