Haniff

English

Etymology

Variant of Hanif

Proper noun

Haniff (plural Haniffs)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Haniff is the 38902^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 567 individuals. Haniff is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (50.79%), Black/African American (25.22%) and Mixed Race (10.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haniff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.