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 carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of El-Rafei.

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

El-Rafei is the 868,551st most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Excluding Egypt El-Rafei is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, 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
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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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