El Affani Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Affani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Affani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco7161:48,1517,863
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Affani Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Affani occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 466,165th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,093,554 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Affani live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Aside from Morocco it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Afani945/
El-Affani899/
El Aafani895/
El Affany891/
El Afgani891/
El Haffane841/
El Afany82124/
El Asfahani804/
El-Afany71137/
El-Asfahani704/
El Afuony671/

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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 Affani
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