El-Farouki Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El-Farouki Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Farouki 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
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Farouki Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Farouki is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of El-Farouki.

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

El-Farouki is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname El-Farouki occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of El-Farouki reside; 57 percent reside in West Asia and 57 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,713,954. Barring Saudi Arabia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent live and England, where 14 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 Farouki901,207/
El Faroukhi866/
El Farrouki861/
El Faroki84136/
El Farroukhi822/
El Farouqi80136/
El Farouky801/
El Farouqui765/
El Fairouqi764/
El Faraki741/
El Farouqy7010/
El Fareeky6036/
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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-Farouki
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