El Fares Surname

41,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Fares Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Fares 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
Syria7,0761:2,728320
Kuwait1,8131:2,096266
Jordan1,7081:5,1771,055
Lebanon6071:9,2871,403
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Algeria3681:104,97715,363
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United Arab Emirates1431:64,0726,083
Palestine541:84,2386,463
France481:1,383,807136,859
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
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El Fares (130) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Fares Demographics

El Fares Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 363 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Fares Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Fares has its highest incidence in Syria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of El Fares click here.

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

This last name is the 41,375th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 577,140 people. The surname El Fares occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of El Fares are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 814,623rd most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 130 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Syria, where it is held by 7,076 people, or 1 in 2,728. In Syria it is most frequent in: Aleppo Governorate, where 76 percent are found, Homs Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Al-Suwayda Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Syria El Fares is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 14 percent are found and Jordan, where 14 percent are found.

El Fares Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Shiite (50%) 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 Faress941/
El Farees941/
El Fare931/
El Faresse891/
El Faris88328/
El-Fares8820/
El Fareh888/
El Fared881/
El Farre881/
El Fareej822,111/
El Fariss82206/
El Fareer8216/
El Fareed822/
El Fari80395/
El Fary8012/
El Farj8011/
El Fara809/
El Vare808/
El Farhi75567/
El Farra75557/
El Fajri75549/
El Faraj75396/
El Faraa75240/
El Farri75221/
El Fahri75212/
El Fatri75204/
El Farry7524/
El Farid7516/
El Fahry7515/
El Farih759/
El Fajry755/
El Fauri755/
El Fargi754/
El Farhy754/
El Foris752/
El-Farès751/
El-Fareh751/
El Fatry751/
El Fasry751/
El Farha751/
El Varea751/
El Farij751/
El Farrai71137/
El Farouj71136/
El Farraa716/
El Faraid714/
El Fattry711/
El Farraj711/
El Faraij711/
El Farroj711/
El Farrouj6714/
El-Fara673/
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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 Fares
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