Yarif Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Yarif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yarif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India261:29,502,515369,827
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Yarif (186) may also be a first name.

Yarif Last Name Facts

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

Yarif (Hindi: यारिफ, Oriya: ୟାରିଫ) occurs most in India. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Yarif occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Yarif live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 667,122nd most common first name globally It is held by 186 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India Yarif is most numerous in: Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent reside, Bihar, where 31 percent reside and Odisha, where 15 percent reside. Excluding India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 45 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yasrif9122/
Yaarif917/
Yahrif914/
Yarifh911/
Ayyarif832/
Ya'arif831/
Jarif802,848/
Yariv80103/
Yarib8017/
Yaref802/
Earif802/
Iarif802/
Yariev73215/
Yareff7322/
Jahrif7318/
Yaraiv736/
Jarife736/
Yasref735/
Yariph735/
Yorife734/
Yarriw733/
Yaaref733/
Jharif732/
Hiarif731/
Jairif731/
Aiyariv6716/
Jarreif671/
Ayyaref671/
Aayariv671/

Yarif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarif in the Oriya language
ୟାରିଫyaripha83.33
ଆରିଫaripha16.67
Yarif in the Hindi language
यारिफyaripha77.27
यारीफyaripha9.09
यरीफyaripha9.09
यरिफyaripha4.55

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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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  • 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 Yarif
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