El-Shafai Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

El-Shafai Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Shafai 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
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El-Shafai Last Name Facts

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

El-Shafai occurs in Qatar more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El-Shafai click here.

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

El-Shafai is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name El-Shafai occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of El-Shafai live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most commonly used in Qatar, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 262,000. Outside of Qatar this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 7 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-Sheafai9510/
El-Shafi9411/
El-Shafei892,907/
El-Shafie892,262/
El Shafai89429/
El-Shafay89155/
El-Shafae894/
El-Shaafi891/
El-Safi8855/
El-Shafeii844/
El Shafaai844/
El Shafaie844/
El-Shafa'y844/
El-Shafiey844/
El-Shafaay841/
El-Shafeea841/
El Shafi82432/
El Shafa8214/
El Safai827/
El-Shafy824/
El-Safah822/
El-Saffi821/
El Shafei7813,133/
El Shafie783,092/
El-Shafey782,381/
El-Shafee78431/
El Sahafi78427/
El Shafay78247/
El Shafii78244/
El Shafiy78124/
El Shafae78123/
El Shatfa7842/
El-Chafei7816/
El Shafea789/
El Shatfi786/
El-Chafii784/
El Shaffi783/
El Chafai782/
El Shadfi782/
El Shaafi781/
El Sahafa781/
El Shadfa781/
El Shafaa781/
El Shafit781/
El Safi758,760/
El Safa75956/
El-Safy75367/
El Shafiey74185/
El-Shafeey74123/
El Shafeya7416/
El Shafaay749/
El Shaffei744/
El Shafaah744/
El Shaf'ei744/
El-Shaffee741/
El Shafahy741/
El-Saify71246/
El Safah71164/
El Saffa7181/
El-Soufi7139/
El Shafy7137/
El Shafe715/
El Sayfi713/
El-Saifi713/
El Sawfi711/
El Safat711/
El Safea711/
El Safei711/
El Shafey673,455/
El Shaafy67596/
El Shafee67429/
El Chafei6735/
El Shatfy676/
El Shoufa675/
El Shafye674/
El Safiya674/
El Shoufi672/
El Chaafi671/
El-Chafey671/
El Shadfy671/
El Sayfie671/
El Shafhe671/
El Shafer671/
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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-Shafai
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