El Afary Surname

156,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,797 people bear this surname

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

El Afary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Afary 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 Emirates2,7881:3,286417
Yemen91:2,936,14415,216

El Afary Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Afary is found in The United Arab Emirates more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Afary? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 156,517th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,605,487 people. The last name El Afary occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Afary reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most prevalent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is borne by 2,788 people, or 1 in 3,286. In The United Arab Emirates El Afary is most frequent in: Abu Dhabi, where 97 percent reside, Ajman, where 2 percent reside and Dubai, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account The United Arab Emirates this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 0 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 Gafary94153/
El Atfary941/
El Afairy941/
El Gaafary899/
El Afari88136/
El Affari82172/
El Asfari82141/
El Afarit824/
El-Gafary824/
El Asfory824/
El Hafari821/
El Gafari821/
El Haffari78241/
El Asfoury784/
El-Gaafary784/
El Gahfari782/
El Assfari781/
El Gaafari781/
El Gaffari781/
El Aferi751/
El Ofairi716/
El Ofaire711/
El Asfouri6711/
El-Asfoury674/
El Affouri672/
El-Haffari671/
El Assfouri63136/
El-Affouri561/
El Ossfouri534/
El-Assfouri531/
El Ousfouri531/
El Ossfourri504/
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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 Afary
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