Wakif Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Wakif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wakif 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
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Iran731:1,051,81547,741
India121:63,922,115578,870
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Wakif (111) may also be a first name.

Wakif Last Name Facts

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

Wakif (Hindi: वाकिफ, Oriya: ୱାକିଫ୍) is found most in Morocco. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wakif? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 616,129th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Wakif live; 82 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 890,531st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 111 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Besides Morocco it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

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
Waqif80901/
Vakif8070/
Wakef8014/
Wakiw806/
Wakiv801/
Waskiw7384/
Waquif732/
Wakiph731/
Vakkif731/
Waskiv731/
Bajkhif67158/
Watkivs6724/
Wakhefe671/
Wakhaib671/
Waichef671/
Vakiddf671/
Wackeft671/
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Wakif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wakif in the Hindi language
वाकिफvakipha83.33
वाकिफ़vakifa16.67
Wakif in the Oriya language
ୱାକିଫ୍wakiph50
ୱାକିଫwakipha50

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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 Wakif
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