El Far Surname

125,946th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Far Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Far Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,9591:31,0703,353
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Lebanon141:402,64911,601
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
France81:8,302,840321,660
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Jordan61:1,473,74019,539
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

El Far Last Name Facts

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

El Far occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname El Far is the 125,946th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,018,152 people. The last name El Far occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of El Far reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,959 people, or 1 in 31,070. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 9 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent reside.

El Far Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the El Far surname is primarily Druze (91%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Fajr922,658/
El Farh921,135/
El Fard92176/
El Fahr921/
El Fare921/
El Farz921/
El Fahar86305/
El Farre861/
El-Far831,110/
El Var8347/
El Varr7710/
El Four774/
El Ford774/
El-Farh772/
El Fort771/
El Fourth6710/

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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
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  • 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 Far
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