El Fayoumy Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Fayoumy Surname User-submission:

The surname is derived from Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Holders of the surname have an ancestor who came from this governorate.

El Fayoumy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Fayoumy Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname is derived from Faiyum Governorate in Egypt. Holders of the surname have an ancestor who came from this governorate.

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El Fayoumy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Fayoumy is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Fayoumy is the 645,988th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of El Fayoumy are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El Fayoumy is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Other than Egypt this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Fayomy95183/
El Fayyoumy952/
El Fayoumey951/
El Fayoumi901,060/
El-Fayoumy90194/
El-Fayyoumy866/
El Fauomy84123/
El Fayomi84122/
El Faiomy845/
El Faiumy844/
El Fayome844/
El-Fayomy841/
El Fayumi841/
El Fayamy841/
El Fayyumi809,915/
El-Fayoumi80339/
El-Fayomi74156/
El-Fayome741/
El-Fauomy741/
El-Fayyumi701/
El Fahame631/

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