El-Swaify Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Swaify Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Swaify 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
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

El-Swaify Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Swaify is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. El-Swaify is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of El-Swaify reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Besides Egypt it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 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 Swaify894,365/
El-Sweify894/
El-Shwadfy844/
El Swify82244/
El-Swifi8210/
El Swafy821/
El Sweify78216/
El-Sweefy789/
El-Sweffy784/
El Shwadfy74183/
El Swefy71183/
El Swifi711/
El Sweifi675/
El Swefe594/
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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-Swaify
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