El Afif Surname

63,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Afif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Afif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen6,3481:4,163621
Jordan1,1381:7,7701,498
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Tunisia301:20,3543,251
Syria131:1,484,6948,122
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Afif (11) may also be a first name.

El Afif Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Afif is found most in Yemen. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname El Afif is the 63,470th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 923,409 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of El Afif reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. El Afif is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

El Afif is most common in Yemen, where it is carried by 6,348 people, or 1 in 4,163. In Yemen El Afif is primarily concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 31 percent are found, Raymah Governorate, where 12 percent are found and Taiz Governorate, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 14 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.

El Afif Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Afif last name is chiefly Druze (100%) in Lebanon.

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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 Afif
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