El Faqir Surname

138,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Faqir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Faqir 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
Morocco1,6021:21,5213,358
Egypt1,5861:57,9675,513
France321:2,075,710171,237
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Faqir (1,041) may also be a first name.

El Faqir Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Faqir is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name El Faqir is the 138,566th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,256,905 people. The surname El Faqir occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Faqir live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 50 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 248,355th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 1,041 people.

The last name El Faqir is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 1,602 people, or 1 in 21,521. Aside from Morocco it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 49 percent live and France, where 1 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 Faquir94481/
El Faquire897/
El Fakir886,976/
El Faqyr88182/
El Faqer88170/
El Fekair82417/
El Fakhir826/
El Fakair821/
El-Fakir75226/
El Fekir751/
El Fakyr751/
El Faker751/
El Fakher7111/
El-Fekair711/
El Vakher591/
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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 Faqir
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