El-Rifai Surname

567,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Rifai Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Rifai 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
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England31:18,572,686338,250
France21:33,211,361423,184
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El-Rifai Demographics

Average El-Rifai Salary in
United States

$86,625 USD

Per year
Rank:
42,475 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.07854E-6
Rank: 636,145 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
200.75%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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El-Rifai Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Rifai (Russian: Эль-рифаи) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 567,444th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of El-Rifai reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Beside Egypt it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

El-Rifai Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the El-Rifai surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

El-Rifai earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 100.76% more than the national average, earning $86,625 USD per year.

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-Rifaai947/
El-Raifai941/
El-Rifi931/
El Rifai881,081/
El-Refai88674/
El-Rufai8887/
El-Rifay881/
El-Rifaa881/
El-Refaie82768/
El-Refaai82199/
El Rifaie8221/
El-Refaiy829/
El-Refaii825/
El Rifaai824/
El Rifaii821/
El Rifi8018/
El-Rify804/
El-Refa'ie784/
El Refai751,303/
El Rufai7577/
El Rifay7521/
El-Refay756/
El-Refae755/
El Rrifi751/
El-Ryfay751/
El Hrifi751/
El Riffi751/
El Rifaï751/
El Rifie751/
El Refaie71994/
El Refaii71153/
El-Refaay719/
El Ryfaie716/
El-Refa'y714/
El Refaiy714/
El Refaai714/
El-Refy675/
El Rifiyah674/
El Reffaie674/
El Rify671/
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El-Rifai Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Rifai in the Russian language
Эль-рифаиel-rifai-

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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
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  • 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-Rifai
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