El Arf Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Arf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Arf 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
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
France21:33,211,361423,184

El Arf Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Arf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺮﻑ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Arf.

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

The last name El Arf is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of El Arf reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

El Arf is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania El Arf is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Mauritania El Arf exists in one country. It is also found in France, where 22 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
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Garf92525/
El Harf92341/
El Arfe921/
El Ahrf921/
El Orf83416/
El Arb831/
El-Garf77307/
El Ourf77274/
El Arbh77244/
El Harb77219/
El Oorf771/
El Ajrb771/
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El Arf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Arf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﻑalrf-

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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 Arf
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