Cognomen আকিফ (Akif 
, আকিফ) , globally, is a common last name. The last name আকিফ is characteristic of Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common surname, Georgia, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Likewise, আকিফ is the forename as well as the last name.