Algarf Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Algarf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Algarf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Algarf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Algarf is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Algarf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Algarf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,098,270th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Algarf are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Other than Egypt it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alarf915/
Elgarf832,148/
Alearf83147/
Alharf836/
Algerf831/
Algorf831/
Algarvs772/
Algharb771/
Ahlyarf771/
Alorf73702/
Alarb73364/
Halaaarf711/
Alharb67552/
Elgorf67122/
Alyarw678/
Alarbh672/
Elgourf629/
Hallarb621/
Elgharw621/
Elghorf621/
Goularf621/
Oulgharb571/
Olarv551/
Golorf501/

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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 Algarf
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