El Fa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Fa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Fa 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
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Fa Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Fa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of El Fa reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania El Fa is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 50 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 20 percent reside and Egypt, where 20 percent reside.

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 Fas91112/
El Faz91106/
El Fad9111/
El Fah912/
El Faa912/
El Fau911/
El Foa911/
El Faiz832,200/
El Fatt831,117/
El Faid83688/
El Fass83454/
El Fahd83217/
El Fayz838/
El Faay834/
El Fayd834/
El Fait832/
El Faha831/
El Fais831/
El Fayh831/
El Va805/
El-Fa804/
El Faysh775/
El Fui73183/
El Pha7314/
El Feh739/
El Fid736/
El Fiy735/
El-Fas734/
El Vai733/
El Fou731/
El Fidh67136/
El Fouj6715/
El Foud676/
El-Faiz674/
El Fouh672/
El Feid671/
El Ferr671/
El Fiss671/
El-Faïz671/
El Hfid671/
El-Fass671/
El Fout671/
El Vi6017/
El Ve608/
El-Faheeh57238/
El Phe551/
El Vie551/
El-Fout501/
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El Fa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Fa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻔﺎalfa50
ﺍﻟﻒalf50

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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 Fa
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