El-Yafi Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El-Yafi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Yafi 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
England91:6,190,895170,599
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Yafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Yafi is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

El-Yafi is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of El-Yafi live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 36 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England El-Yafi is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 78 percent are found, Lincolnshire, where 11 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 11 percent are found. Outside of England this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 24 percent are found and Egypt, where 16 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 Yafi86456/
El Yafei8010/
El Yafiy801/
El Yasfi801/
El Jafi711/
El Yafey6715,787/
El Yosfi671/
El Yossfi631/
El Jafy5722/
El Giafy533/
El Jaffa531/
El Jafey531/
El Jouhfi501/
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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-Yafi
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