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
Zehaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Zehàf. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zehaf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 279,475th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,269,375 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zehaf are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Other than Morocco this surname 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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