El-Afifi Surname

548,408th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Cyprus

El-Afifi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Afifi.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Afifi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt5491:167,46012,562
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
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El-Afifi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Afifi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Afifi is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El-Afifi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Afifi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 548,408th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of El-Afifi are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 94 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 167,460. Besides Egypt this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Cyprus, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Afifi88940/
El-Afify884/
El-Afife881/
El Aafifi82137/
El Affifi8294/
El Hafifi824/
El Afify75122/
El Afife755/
El Hefifi714/
El Affify711/

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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 El-Afifi
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