Al Alfi Surname

408,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Alfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Alfi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan7291:12,1302,127
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Alfi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Alfi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al Alfi is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Alfi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 408,845th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 8,523,446 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Alfi live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Levant.

The surname Al Alfi is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 12,130. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Zarqa Governorate, where 35 percent reside, Balqa Governorate, where 33 percent reside and Amman Governorate, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Jordan it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 9 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Halfi935/
Al-Alfi865,177/
Al Alfy86683/
Al Alfa863/
Al-Halfi80127/
Al Helfi808/
Al Halfa804/
Al-Alfei801/
Al-Alfie801/
Al Alphi801/
Al Oglifi751/
Al Alfeej751/
Al-Alfy71654/
Al-Halfy675/
Al-Helfi674/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Alfi
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