El-Safi Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El-Safi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Safi.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Safi 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
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Safi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Safi (Russian: Эль-сафи) occurs more in Sudan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El-Safi is the 2,605,694th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname El-Safi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of El-Safi reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 91 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequent in Sudan, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 765,514. Not including Sudan it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Bahrain, where 2 percent reside and Egypt, where 2 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
El-Shafi9311/
El-Saifi933/
El-Saffi931/
El-Shafei882,907/
El-Shafie882,262/
El-Shafai8815/
El-Shaafi881/
El Safi868,760/
El-Safy86367/
El-Sheafai8210/
El-Shafiey824/
El Shafi80432/
El-Saify80246/
El Saifi8061/
El-Soufi8039/
El Safai807/
El-Shafy804/
El Sayfi803/
El Sawfi801/
El Safei801/
El Shafei7513,133/
El Shafie753,092/
El-Shafey752,381/
El-Shafee75431/
El Shafai75429/
El Sahafi75427/
El Shafii75244/
El-Shafay75155/
El Shafiy75124/
El-Chafei7516/
El Shatfi756/
El-Chafii754/
El Shaffi753/
El Shadfi752/
El Shaafi751/
El Sayfie751/
El Shafit751/
El Safy711,165/
El Safa71956/
El Shafiey71185/
El-Shafeey71123/
El-Sofy715/
El-Sefy715/
El Shaffei714/
El Shaf'ei714/
El-Shafa'y714/
El Shafaai714/
El-Shafeea711/
El-Shaffee711/
El Jafi711/
El-Shafaay711/
El Soufi6740,322/
El-Seify67307/
El Saify67278/
El-Soufy67122/
El Saffa6781/
El Saffy6770/
El Shafy6737/
El Shafa6714/
El Shafe675/
El-Siefy674/
El Sahfy674/
El Safey674/
El Zaifi674/
El Seifi671/
El Safea671/
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El-Safi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Safi in the Russian language
Эль-сафиel-safi-

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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-Safi
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