Al Hanafi Surname

361,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Al Hanafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Hanafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates6341:14,4521,771
Palestine1981:22,9743,455
Kuwait1251:30,4063,898
Syria231:839,1756,287
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Al Hanafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Hanafi is found most frequently in The United Arab Emirates. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Al Hanafi.

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

The surname is the 361,698th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,287,546 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Hanafi reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 76 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 634 people, or 1 in 14,452. In The United Arab Emirates it is primarily found in: Sharjah, where 74 percent live, Fujairah, where 19 percent live and Dubai, where 1 percent live. Outside of The United Arab Emirates Al Hanafi occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 20 percent live and Kuwait, where 13 percent live.

Al Hanafi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Anafi949/
Al-Hanafi89287/
Al Hanafy894/
Al Janafi892/
Al-Hanafie8469/
Al Khonafi841/
Al-Hanafiy841/
Al Asnafy784/
Al-Hanafeh748/
Al Hanofeh741/
Al-Hanafee741/
Al Enefi711/
Al Ahnoufy632/

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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 Hanafi
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