El-Farah Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Belgium

El-Farah Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Farah 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
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El-Farah Last Name Facts

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

El-Farah is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name El-Farah occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of El-Farah live; 75 percent live in North Africa and 50 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 38,631,551. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 25 percent live and Egypt, where 25 percent live.

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-Farrah944/
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El-Fara933/
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El Farah88946/
El-Farra8887/
El-Faraj883/
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El Farash82793/
El Farrah8212/
El-Faraid821/
El-Ferrah821/
El Fara809/
El Farrash78123/
El Farrach7819/
El Faras75824/
El Farra75557/
El Faraj75396/
El Faraa75240/
El Varah7562/
El Farat754/
El-Varra751/
El Fatra751/
El Farad751/
El Farha751/
El-Farou751/
El Farrai71137/
El Farrad7110/
El Farraa716/
El Varrah716/
El Farhat716/
El Faraid714/
El Ferrah712/
El Faraij711/
El Farraj711/
El Fayraz711/
El-Verrah711/
El Farhood67655/
El Faro6721/
El Farrass6721/
El Fera6719/
El Vara6713/
El Farrouh671/
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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-Farah
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