Waqf Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Waqf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 78 | 1:984,391 | 45,758 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Waqf (2,533) may also be a first name.
Waqf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waqf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waqf is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waqf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waqf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Waqf reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Waqf is also the 146,515th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 2,533 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 984,391. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 31 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 23 percent reside and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 35 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waqif | 89 | 901 | / |
| Waqfi | 89 | 295 | / |
| Waqaf | 89 | 270 | / |
| Waqfa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waqef | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waqfia | 80 | 18 | / |
| Waqfah | 80 | 11 | / |
| Waquif | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waqfih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wakf | 75 | 419 | / |
| Wacf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Baqf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waqb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vaqf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wagf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Waqifah | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wakfi | 67 | 593 | / |
| Wakif | 67 | 500 | / |
| Wakaf | 67 | 166 | / |
| Wakfa | 67 | 123 | / |
| Wagfi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wakef | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wagaf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wakuf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waqvi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waoqv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagfh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wagfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahqb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whakf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wachf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waqf
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