Last Name ARIF

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Arabic, Indian, Turkish, Romanian, Portuguese, Algerian, Indonesian, Pakistani

Rank 26,587 (2000 US census) 65,969 (1990 US census)
Count 862 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 14.85%, or 128 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.78%, or 24 total occurrences, as black,
  • 68.56%, or 591 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 11.95%, or 103 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


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