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 surname Zehaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Zehàf. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehaf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 279,475th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,269,375 people. The surname Zehaf occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zehaf reside; 84 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Zehaf is most frequent in Morocco, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Barring Morocco it is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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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