El-Aref Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Aref Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Aref 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
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Aref Last Name Facts

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

El-Aref is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El-Aref is the 1,222,957th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name El-Aref is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of El-Aref live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Without taking into account Egypt El-Aref exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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 Aref86602/
El-Arif863/
El Haref80402/
El Areef80214/
El Aaref802/
El Arref801/
El Arefe801/
El Arif712,802/
El Areb712/
El Aryf711/
El Harif672,265/
El Aarif679/
El Ouref671/
El Harrif63585/
El Hareeb63216/
El Haraif634/
El Aatrif631/
El Arib57171/
El Harib534/
El Araib531/
El Herrif50273/
El Horryf501/
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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-Aref
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