Family name Arife (Arife 
, Арифе 
, Арифэ 
) , across the world, is quite a rare surname. The surname Arife is characteristic of North Macedonia, where it is quite a rare surname, Oman, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Morocco. Also, Arife is the forename as well as the last name.