Zehaf Surname
Approximately 1,383 people bear this surname
Zehaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Algeria | 514 | 1:75,159 | 11,982 |
| Mauritania | 206 | 1:19,878 | 1,804 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Zehàf (1) are calculated separately.
Zehaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zehaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zehaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms: Zehàf. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 279,475th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 5,269,375 people. Zehaf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zehaf live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb.
It is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Not including Morocco Zehaf exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 37 percent live and Mauritania, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zehaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zehaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ | alzhaf | 96.77 |
| ﺯﺣﺎﻑ | zhaf | 1.61 |
| ﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ | lzhaf | 1.61 |
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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 Zehaf
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