El-Tafy Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El-Tafy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Tafy 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
United Arab Emirates571:160,74211,909
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633

El-Tafy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Tafy occurs more in The United Arab Emirates more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

El-Tafy is the 2,220,661st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El-Tafy live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El-Tafy is most frequently held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 160,742. Outside of The United Arab Emirates this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 19 percent reside and Yemen, where 3 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 Tafy86786/
El Tadfy8030/
El Taify809/
El Tafey808/
El Tafay801/
El Taafy801/
El Tahafy751/
El Taifi67245/
El Toufy6712/
El Tafer675/
El Tawfi672/
El Tafei671/
El Tayfa671/
El Tafea671/
El Tahafi6317/
El Tofi5728/
El Tohfa531/
El Thoufi501/
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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-Tafy
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