El-Farouk Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Farouk Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Farouk 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
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Comoros11:749,524685
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Farouk Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Farouk is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 767,694th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Farouk live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Not including Egypt this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Comoros, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 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-Faruk945/
El Farouk89943/
El Farouq78144/
El Fargoug749/
El Faruq712,631/
El Farrak674/
El Varoug671/
El Farag591/
El Varogh561/
El Farraq561/
El Varoygh531/
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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-Farouk
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