Efal Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Efal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Efal (36) may also be a first name.

Efal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Efal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎﻝ) has its highest incidence in Israel. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Efal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Efal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Efal reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Efal is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name is most numerous in Israel, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,426,272. Outside of Israel this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Efale89141/
Effal897/
Hefal894/
Yefal892/
Efail892/
Jefal891/
Efall891/
Gefal891/
Aefal891/
Efaal891/
Eifal890/
Jeffal80803/
Yeffal8072/
Etfail8018/
Efatel806/
Effale806/
Efaaal802/
Heifal802/
Heffal802/
Jefale801/
Etfayl801/
Geffal801/
Ieffal801/
Effaal801/
Gefall800/
Afal75306/
Ofal7540/
Ifal7530/
Efol752/
Jfal751/
Yfal751/
Efalova736/
Gefaill731/
Jeffale731/
Geefail731/
Eifaldt730/
Eifeald730/
Gefeall730/
Efole67906/
Ifale67475/
Hafal67214/
Efeil6757/
Gifal6737/
Eifealdt6729/
Afaal6727/
Affal6722/
Ajfal679/
Offal678/
Idfal678/
Itfal675/
Yifal674/
Hofal673/
Aifal673/
Efoul672/
Efeyl672/
Ephal672/
Afail672/
Aafal672/
Isfal671/
Jfaul671/
Ofall671/
Efolh671/
Ifasl671/
Jfail671/
Afhal671/
Ifall671/
Ejjeffal671/
Afahl671/
Afall671/
Apfal670/

Efal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Efal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻓﺎﻝafal60
ﺃﻓﺎﻝafal40

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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 Efal
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