El-Safy Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Safy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Safy 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
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Safy Last Name Facts

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

El-Safy is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 773,729th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El-Safy reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 251,191. Aside from Egypt this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, 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-Saify93246/
El-Shafy934/
El-Shafey882,381/
El-Shafay88155/
El Safy861,165/
El-Safi8655/
El-Sefy865/
El-Sofy865/
El-Shafeey82123/
El-Shafiey824/
El-Shafa'y824/
El-Shafaay821/
El-Seify80307/
El Saify80278/
El-Soufy80122/
El Saffy8070/
El Shafy8037/
El-Shafi8011/
El Safey804/
El Sahfy804/
El-Siefy804/
El-Saifi803/
El-Saffi801/
El Shafey753,455/
El-Shafei752,907/
El-Shafie752,262/
El Shaafy75596/
El-Shafee75431/
El Shafay75247/
El Shafiy75124/
El-Shafai7515/
El Shatfy756/
El Saffey752/
El-Chafey751/
El-Shaafi751/
El Shadfy751/
El Safi718,760/
El Safa71956/
El Shafiey71185/
El Shafeey71183/
El Jafy7122/
El Sofy7113/
El-Sheafai7110/
El Shafaay719/
El-Shaphey719/
El Zafy711/
El-Shafeea711/
El-Shaffee711/
El Shafahy711/
El Shafi67432/
El Seify67429/
El Soufy67122/
El Siofy67122/
El Saffa6781/
El Saifi6761/
El-Soufi6739/
El Shafa6714/
El Safai677/
El Shafe675/
El Giafy673/
El Sayfi673/
El Jadfy671/
El Safei671/
El Safea671/
El Jafey671/
El Zafay671/
El Sawfi671/
El Seufy671/
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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-Safy
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