Zaf Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Zaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan2101:850,68511,811
Turkey871:894,49942,184
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zaf (272) may also be a first name.

Zaf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻑ, Hindi: ज़ाफ़, Russian: Заф) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 830,559th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Zaf live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Zaf is also the 538,995th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 272 people.

This surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 850,685. In Pakistan Zaf is mostly found in: Punjab, where 89 percent are found, Islamabad Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found and Sindh, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 26 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zapf8610,519/
Zafe863,684/
Zaaf862,665/
Zaif861,100/
Zaft86443/
Zaff86250/
Ziaf86140/
Szaf8683/
Zafz8660/
Tzaf8646/
Zajf8635/
Zauf8619/
Zeaf8610/
Zhaf865/
Zahf863/
Rzaf863/
Zjaf862/
Zavf862/
Zafh862/
Zsaf862/
Hzaf862/
Zatf861/
Czaf861/
Zaçf861/
Zafs861/
Zadf861/
Zaâf861/
Dzaf861/
Zafp860/
Zahaf7520,136/
Zapfe751,035/
Zayıf75546/
Zafft75191/
Zaffe7579/
Zeafe7563/
Zauft7561/
Zapff7560/
Zaiff7524/
Szaif7520/
Zaphf7511/
Szaff757/
Zhaif755/
Zaaaf755/
Zajfe754/
Czapf752/
Zajft752/
Zaife751/
Zazff751/
Hzafh751/
Czaft751/
Zaisf751/
Zaafe751/
Zahàf751/
Ziaaf751/
Zafsh751/
Dzafe751/
Zxaaf751/
Zafth751/
Zsazf751/
Zaw67216,944/
Saf6750,983/
Zab673,593/
Caf671,674/
Jaf671,644/
Zof67283/
Zapffe67134/
Szaiff6788/
Zav6734/
Šaf6726/
Zahafe6719/
Xaf675/
Zahaff674/
Czapff673/
Dzhayf672/
Hzaife671/
Zahaaf671/

Zaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺯﺍﻑzaf-
Zaf in the Hindi language
ज़ाफ़zafa-
Zaf in the Russian language
Зафzaf-

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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 Zaf
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