Wakf Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Wakf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wakf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq4141:84,5932,711
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Wakf (13) may also be a first name.

Wakf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wakf is more frequently found in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wakf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 702,422nd most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wakf live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. Wakf is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 84,593. Barring Iraq Wakf exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whakf891/
Waqf75150/
Wacf752/
Vakf752/
Wokf751/
Wagf751/
Wakb751/
Wekf751/
Vakıf6763/
Bakhf6711/
Vaakf678/
Bakfh672/
Wagfh671/
Weekf671/
Vwokf671/
Wakhw671/
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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 Wakf
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