Maarif
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maˈarif/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maarif is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 128K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 141K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 87 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ma'Arif in SG Singapore.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maarif counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Maarif | 87 |
| MA Morocco | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 128K | — | Maarif | 6 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Maarif | 21 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | listed | — | — |
| ES Spain | 21 | 1 in 2.4M | 21 | — | 2 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 624K | 52 | — | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Ma'Arif | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maarif is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Azerbaijani, enlightenment (spread of knowledge and elimination or reducing of backwardness)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, education
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, Bilgi, kültür.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 21 | #81,902 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 21 | #80,648 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Maarif?
- A machine transcription gives /maˈarif/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- In which country does Maarif have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.7 thousand people named Maarif in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maarif.
- How common is the name Maarif?
- In Spain, the national register counted 21 people named Maarif, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.
What do you want to know about Maarif?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maarifThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maarif”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.