El-Wafi Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El-Wafi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Wafi 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
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

El-Wafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Wafi has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of El-Wafi.

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

The surname El-Wafi is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname El-Wafi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of El-Wafi are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name El-Wafi is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania El-Wafi is most frequent in: Guidimagha Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 20 percent live and Algeria, where 5 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-Wafai933/
El Wafi864,118/
El Wafai805/
El Wafii804/
El Wasfi804/
El Wafih801/
El Wafie801/
El Wafa712,708/
El Wafy7183/
El Wafe711/
El Wafaa67183/
El Wafeh6764/
El Wafer676/
El Wafed674/
El Wafey671/
El Wazzfy631/
El Boufi53171/
El-Baphe539/
El Vefai531/
El-Veyfe531/
El Bouffi50307/
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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-Wafi
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