El-Rafei Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Rafei Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Rafei 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
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Rafei Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Rafei is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 868,551st most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El-Rafei are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Apart from Egypt it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 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-Rafi931/
El Rafei88529/
El-Rafie88503/
El-Rafih8812/
El-Rafey883/
El-Rafai882/
El Rafeid82792/
El-Rafaie824/
El-Reafey821/
El-Raifai821/
El-Raffey821/
El Rafi80275/
El Rafe801/
El-Refai75674/
El Rafie75561/
El Rafii75397/
El Rafee75122/
El Rafih7551/
El Rafey7512/
El-Refaie71768/
El-Refaai71199/
El-Refaiy719/
El-Refaii715/
El Rhrafi715/
El Raffie714/
El Rafeey714/
El Rafehy713/
El-Rafaay711/
El-Rofaai711/
El Raufai711/
El Raffii711/
El Rafa67126/
El-Refy675/
El-Refa'ie674/
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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-Rafei
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