Zulf Surname
Approximately 2,545 people bear this surname
Zulf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,499 | 1:21,450 | 1,080 |
| Iraq | 341 | 1:102,703 | 3,064 |
| Jordan | 285 | 1:31,026 | 3,884 |
| Iran | 196 | 1:391,748 | 25,289 |
| Pakistan | 69 | 1:2,589,042 | 22,337 |
| Lebanon | 33 | 1:170,821 | 7,805 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Turkey | 31 | 1:2,510,368 | 78,475 |
| Palestine | 30 | 1:151,628 | 8,274 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Zulf (1,265) may also be a first name.
Zulf Demographics
Zulf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Zulf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zulf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zulf is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zulf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 169,550th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,863,476 people. The surname Zulf is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Zulf reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zulf is also the 221,869th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 1,265 people.
The surname Zulf is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 1,499 people, or 1 in 21,450. In Afghanistan Zulf is mostly concentrated in: Daykundi, where 20 percent are found, Kabul, where 18 percent are found and Badakhshan, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Afghanistan Zulf occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 13 percent are found and Jordan, where 11 percent are found.
Zulf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Zulf surname is principally Sunni (74%) in Lebanon.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zulf
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