El Fakir Surname

70,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,976 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Fakir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Fakir 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
Morocco6,4071:5,381641
Spain2701:173,15612,350
France1671:397,74158,569
Belgium571:201,69626,362
Israel371:231,28721,601
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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El Fakir Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Fakir occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 70,857th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,044,660 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of El Fakir are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 92 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The last name El Fakir is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 6,407 people, or 1 in 5,381. Outside of Morocco this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent reside and France, where 2 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 Fakhir946/
El Fakair941/
El Faqir883,229/
El-Fakir88226/
El Fekir881/
El Fakyr881/
El Faker881/
El Faquir82481/
El Fekair82417/
El Fakher8211/
El Faquire787/
El Faqyr75182/
El Faqer75170/
El Vakher711/
El-Fekair711/
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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 Fakir
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