El Asfar Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Asfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Asfar 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
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
France41:16,605,680368,153
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El Asfar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Asfar is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name El Asfar is the 718,674th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. El Asfar occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of El Asfar reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 92 percent reside in Mahgreb.

This surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Besides Morocco El Asfar occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.

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 Assfar943/
El Ashfar941/
El Afar93174/
El Esfar88170/
El Affar88136/
El-Asfar887/
El Gafar884/
El Asfour824,520/
El Haffar82361/
El-Assfar822/
El Affart821/
El Afeur751/
El-Haffar7115/
El-Asfour713/
El Osfour712/
El Ofaire711/
El Ousfour67240/
El Hayfour671/
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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 Asfar
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