Al Shurafa Surname
Approximately 5,755 people bear this surname
Al Shurafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 2,873 | 1:1,583 | 305 |
| Jordan | 2,097 | 1:4,217 | 857 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| United Arab Emirates | 239 | 1:38,336 | 4,043 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Al Shurafa (33) may also be a first name.
Al Shurafa Demographics
Al Shurafa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Shurafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shurafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Shurafa occurs in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shurafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,013th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,266,298 people. The surname Al Shurafa is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shurafa reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Levant. Al Shurafa is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 33 people.
The last name is most numerous in Palestine, where it is borne by 2,873 people, or 1 in 1,583. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Gaza Governorate, where 81 percent live, Tulkarm Governorate, where 7 percent live and North Gaza Governorate, where 6 percent live. Barring Palestine it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 36 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live.
Al Shurafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Shurafa | 90 | 534 | / |
| Al Shorafa | 90 | 292 | / |
| Al Shurafi | 90 | 1 | / |
| Al Shuraify | 86 | 1 | / |
| Al Surafi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shorafa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Al Zuraifa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Al Suraifi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shurafe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al-Churafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shuraifi | 76 | 5 | / |
| Al-Shuraify | 76 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shorafaa | 76 | 1 | / |
| Al Shuroufi | 76 | 1 | / |
| Al Sorafy | 74 | 4 | / |
| Al-Shurofi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Al-Suraifi | 70 | 1 | / |
| Al Soraify | 70 | 1 | / |
| Al Shoroufi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Al-Shoraifi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Sorafy | 63 | 7 | / |
| Al-Soraify | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Shurafa
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