El Arafy Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Oman
Highest density in:
Oman

El Arafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Arafy 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
Oman551:67,0542,851
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

El Arafy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Arafy is found most frequently in Oman. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of El Arafy click here.

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

The last name El Arafy is the 2,333,370th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of El Arafy are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Arafy is most frequent in Oman, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 67,054. In Oman El Arafy is primarily concentrated in: Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate, where 80 percent live, Muscat Governorate, where 16 percent live and Al Batinah North Governorate, where 2 percent live. Apart from Oman this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 13 percent live and Yemen, where 4 percent live.

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
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El Arafi88439/
El-Arafy884/
El Araifi82122/
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El Harafi825/
El Arafie821/
El Harofy821/
El Haroufy7811/
El Hargafi787/
El Garrafi782/
El Harzafi781/
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El-Arafi755/
El Arefi751/
El Arefe751/
El Harafesh746/
El Harafish741/
El Harroufy741/
El Areifi711/
El Haroufi673/
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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 Arafy
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