El Alfy Surname
Approximately 5,486 people bear this surname
El Alfy Surname User-submission:
The surname means 'the thousander' in Arabic and it comes from the title which was given to Al-Mansur Qalawun the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan of the Mamluk sultanate (modern day Egypt) who ruled from 1279 to 1290. Qalawun was given this title because he was a slave and sultan as-Salih Ayyub bought him for a thousand dinars of gold.
Read More About This SurnameEl Alfy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 5,339 | 1:17,220 | 2,002 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Jordan | 12 | 1:736,870 | 14,651 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El Alfy Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname means 'the thousander' in Arabic and it comes from the title which was given to Al-Mansur Qalawun the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan of the Mamluk sultanate (modern day Egypt) who ruled from 1279 to 1290. Qalawun was given this title because he was a slave and sultan as-Salih Ayyub bought him for a thousand dinars of gold. Holders of the surname are supposed to be the grandchildren of Qalawun but other families may have hold the surname for other reasons.
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El Alfy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Alfy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Alfy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Alfy is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of El Alfy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Alfy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 87,665th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,328,390 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of El Alfy live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
This last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 5,339 people, or 1 in 17,220. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 1 percent reside and Syria, where 0 percent reside.
El Alfy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the El Alfy last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
El Alfy earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 52.79% more than the national average, earning $75,912 CAD per year.
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