El-Sefy Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Qatar

El-Sefy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Sefy 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
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

El-Sefy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Sefy is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname El-Sefy is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. El-Sefy is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of El-Sefy reside; 80 percent reside in North Africa and 80 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name El-Sefy is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Besides Egypt this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Qatar, where 20 percent are found.

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-Seify93307/
El-Siefy934/
El-Sedfy931/
El-Safy86367/
El-Sofy865/
El-Sify862/
El Seify80429/
El-Saify80246/
El-Shafy804/
El Seufy801/
El-Shafey752,381/
El-Shafay75155/
El Safy711,165/
El-Shafeey71123/
El-Safi7155/
El Sofy7113/
El-Sheafai7110/
El-Shaphey719/
El-Shafa'y714/
El Sify711/
El-Shafaay711/
El Saify67278/
El Saffy6770/
El Shafy6737/
El-Shafi6711/
El Sahfy674/
El Safey674/
El-Saifi673/
El-Syfie671/
El-Saffi671/
El Seifi671/
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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-Sefy
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