Alaref Surname

604,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Alaref Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alaref Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Alaref Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alaref is found most frequently in Egypt. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Alaref click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alaref? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 604,614th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The last name Alaref occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Alaref live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Not including Egypt this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 6 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alharef92138/
Alarefe924/
Alareif922/
Alarref921/
Alareef921/
Alhareef861/
Alareefı861/
Alhareif861/
Elaref831,739/
Alarif83371/
Alareb833/
Aelhareef801/
Elareef77275/
Alhareb7726/
Alharif7718/
Elharef774/
Elarief774/
Elaaref774/
Aliarif772/
Alahrif772/
Alariff771/
Alarifh771/
Alatrev771/
Alarrif771/
Alariev771/
Elhareef71153/
Allarews713/
Elarif672,323/
Olarev6719/
Elarev672/
Alarib671/
Aitlaarif671/
Elaryf671/
Alariv671/
Alerev671/

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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 Alaref
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