El-Far Surname

332,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Far Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Arabic word farr, which means 'escaper'. The Farr family hails from Lavante origins, more specifically Palestine, Beyrout and Gaza.

El-Far 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
Egypt1,0371:88,6567,732
Jordan221:401,92912,166
England81:6,964,757184,742
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
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El-Far Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Arabic word farr, which means 'escaper'. The Farr family hails from Lavante origins, more specifically Palestine, Beyrout and Gaza.

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El-Far Demographics

Average El-Far Salary in
United States

$144,375 USD

Per year
Rank:
2,127 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.07854E-6
Rank: 636,145 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
334.59%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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El-Far Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Far (Russian: Эль-фар) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of El-Far.

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

This surname is the 332,973rd most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. The last name El-Far occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of El-Far are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 1,037 people, or 1 in 88,656. Not including Egypt this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

El-Far Last Name Statistics demography

El-Far earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 234.6% more than the national average, earning $144,375 USD per year.

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-Farh922/
El Far833,611/
El Fajr772,658/
El Farh771,135/
El Fard77176/
El Fahr771/
El Fare771/
El Farz771/
El Fahar71305/
El Farre711/
El Var6747/
El Varr6210/
El Four624/
El Ford624/
El Fort621/
El Fourth5310/
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El-Far Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Far in the Russian language
Эль-фарel-far-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Far
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