El-Arif Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El-Arif Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Arif 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
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Arif Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Arif is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

El-Arif is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname El-Arif occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of El-Arif live; 33 percent live in North Africa and 33 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 91,935,754. Excluding Egypt El-Arif exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 33 percent reside.

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 Arif862,802/
El-Aref86191/
El Harif802,265/
El Aarif809/
El Harrif75585/
El Haraif754/
El Aatrif751/
El Aref71602/
El Arib71171/
El Aryf711/
El Haref67402/
El Areef67214/
El Harib674/
El Aaref672/
El Arref671/
El Araib671/
El Arefe671/
El Herrif63273/
El Areb572/
El Ouref531/
El Hareeb50216/
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-Arif
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