Al Zafin Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

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

Al Zafin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Zafin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates1981:46,2744,705
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Al Zafin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Zafin is found most frequently in The United Arab Emirates. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Al Zafin occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Zafin live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most frequent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 46,274. In The United Arab Emirates it is most numerous in: Dubai, where 90 percent reside and Abu Dhabi, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United Arab Emirates Al Zafin occurs in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Zaffin947/
Al Jafin8859/
Al Zafen882/
Al Saafin825/
Al Sa'afin781/
Al-Zafen752/
Al Safen751/
Al Jafen751/
Al-Saafin71279/
Al-Saáfin711/
Al Saafeen671/
Al-Safeen592/
Al-Sa'afen561/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Zafin
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