El-Zeftawy Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

El-Zeftawy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El-Zeftawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Zeftawy Last Name Facts

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

El-Zeftawy is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname El-Zeftawy is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname El-Zeftawy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of El-Zeftawy live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Barring Egypt this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elzeftawy951,527/
El-Zftawy954/
El Zeftawy90341/
Elzeftawey909/
Al-Zeftawy904/
El-Ziftawy901/
Elzftawy89336/
Elzeftwy894/
Elzeftawi84220/
Alzeftawy845/
Elziftawy844/
El Zeftawi804/
El-Saftawy801/
Alzeftawi741/
El Zaftawi701,891/
El Saftawy707/
El Ziftawi701/
Alziftawi631/
Al Ziftawi6032/

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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-Zeftawy
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