El-Rafie Surname

613,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Rafie Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Rafie 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
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

El-Rafie Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Rafie is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 613,453rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 14,488,163 people. The last name El-Rafie is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of El-Rafie reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 188,393. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 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
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El-Rafey883/
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El Raffie824/
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El-Raifai821/
El-Rafehi821/
El Rafi80275/
El Rafe801/
El-Refa'ie784/
El-Refai75674/
El Rafei75529/
El Rafii75397/
El Rafee75122/
El Rafih7551/
El Rafey7512/
El Rafeid71792/
El-Refaai71199/
El Rafihi7111/
El Rhrafi715/
El Rafeey714/
El Rafehy713/
El-Rafaay711/
El-Rofaai711/
El Raufai711/
El Raffii711/
El Rafa67126/
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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-Rafie
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