El Asfour Surname

103,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Asfour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Asfour 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
Kuwait2,4301:1,564184
Yemen1,2021:21,9842,273
Syria5151:37,4782,276
Lebanon1201:46,9764,005
Oman1181:31,2542,268
Jordan721:122,8127,743
United Arab Emirates541:169,67212,566
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Asfour Demographics

El Asfour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 95 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Asfour Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Asfour is most common in Kuwait. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 103,929th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,612,289 people. The last name El Asfour occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Asfour reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most frequently held in Kuwait, where it is held by 2,430 people, or 1 in 1,564. Other than Kuwait this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 27 percent reside and Syria, where 11 percent reside.

El Asfour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (44%) in Lebanon.

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-Asfour893/
El Osfour892/
El Ousfour84240/
El Hayfour841/
El Asfar82406/
El Afeur821/
El Assfar783/
El Ashfar781/
El Afar75174/
El Affar71136/
El-Asfar717/
El Gafar714/
El Afeer711/
El Haffar67361/
El-Assfar672/
El Affart671/
El-Haffar5615/
El Ofaire561/
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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 Asfour
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