El Fil Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

El Fil Surname

162,260^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 2,681 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Yemen

Highest density in:

Yemen

El Fil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Fil Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Yemen	1,063	1:24,859	2,497
Egypt	1,037	1:88,656	7,732
Morocco	239	1:144,251	25,171
Lebanon	193	1:29,208	3,058
United Arab Emirates	100	1:91,623	8,280
Spain	10	1:4,675,204	78,608
Syria	8	1:2,412,628	10,757
Turkey	6	1:12,970,237	144,247
Tunisia	6	1:101,771	14,710
Iraq	4	1:8,755,414	23,373
Kuwait	4	1:950,174	18,811
Norway	2	1:2,571,143	95,402
Algeria	2	1:19,315,776	97,017
Ecuador	2	1:7,952,923	34,269
Saudi Arabia	1	1:30,855,817	63,028
Oman	1	1:3,687,971	14,390
Germany	1	1:80,505,459	560,955
France	1	1:66,422,722	504,397
United States	1	1:362,458,933	1,988,048

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El Fil Demographics

El Fil Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 152 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Fil Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Fil Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname El Fil is held by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Fil? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 162,260^th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,718,219 people. El Fil is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of El Fil reside; 51 percent reside in West Asia and 44 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most frequent in Yemen, where it is borne by 1,063 people, or 1 in 24,859. In Yemen it is most frequent in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 40 percent reside, Hajjah Governorate, where 29 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Besides Yemen this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 39 percent reside and Morocco, where 9 percent reside.

El Fil Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
El Fila	92	34	/
El Feil	92	3	/
El File	92	2	/
El Fiel	92	1	/
El Fily	92	1	/
El Filw	92	1	/
Elfil	91	505	/
El Faily	86	520	/
El Filli	86	1	/
El Hafil	86	1	/
El Fiali	86	1	/
El Filhi	86	1	/
El Filho	86	1	/
Elfiel	83	3,922	/
Elfeil	83	243	/
El Vil	83	214	/
El-Fil	83	27	/
El Fal	83	24	/
El Fol	83	8	/
Elfhil	83	1	/
Elfilo	83	1	/
Elfail	83	1	/
El Fhaiel	80	9	/
El Fhaily	80	9	/
El Fhaili	80	4	/
El Faiali	80	1	/
Elfl	80	1	/
El Fuli	77	6,071	/
El Fool	77	1,112	/
El Fahl	77	1,076	/
El Foul	77	378	/
El Foly	77	275	/
El Faly	77	217	/
El Fhal	77	183	/
El Fhel	77	136	/
El Flah	77	126	/
El Fall	77	124	/
El Vill	77	71	/
El Vile	77	17	/
El Fali	77	13	/
El Feel	77	11	/
El Phil	77	8	/
El Fala	77	7	/
El Foli	77	6	/
El Falh	77	4	/
El Fliu	77	4	/
El Fole	77	4	/
El Fula	77	4	/
El Fwal	77	4	/
Elfaisl	77	4	/
Elfoily	77	4	/
El-Fiel	77	1	/
El Viil	77	1	/
El Vily	77	1	/
Al Fili	77	1	/
Elufilo	77	1	/
Al Fail	77	1	/
Al Fila	77	1	/
Elfilai	77	1	/
El Feal	77	1	/
El Fulh	77	1	/
Elfiela	77	0	/
El Filaoui	75	204	/
El Hafaily	75	1	/
Elfol	73	123	/
Elvil	73	34	/
Alfil	73	23	/
Elfal	73	13	/
Elful	73	5	/
Elfel	73	5	/
El Fouly	71	1,916	/
El Fahli	71	1,286	/
El Falah	71	831	/
El Fawal	71	780	/
El Felhi	71	307	/
El Foual	71	205	/
El Falhi	71	204	/
El Faleh	71	32	/
El Fhoul	71	30	/
El Fally	71	16	/
El Afula	71	10	/
El Falou	71	9	/
El Fahly	71	9	/
Elfhaili	71	9	/
Al Faily	71	8	/
El Awfly	71	7	/
El Awfli	71	7	/
El Falli	71	5	/
El Ville	71	5	/
El Fouli	71	5	/
El Fehli	71	4	/
El Felah	71	4	/
El Foley	71	4	/
El Fooly	71	4	/
El Fauli	71	4	/
Al Faili	71	3	/
Al Ahfil	71	2	/
Eliafile	71	1	/
Eljaafil	71	1	/
Al Filuh	71	1	/
Elifaili	71	1	/
El Wafel	71	1	/
El Falaa	71	1	/
El Falji	71	1	/
El Fayal	71	1	/
El Fayla	71	1	/
El Fayli	71	1	/
El Felly	71	1	/
El Foula	71	1	/
Al Afili	71	1	/
Al Feily	71	1	/
Al Filhi	71	1	/
El Feleh	71	1	/
El Fellah	67	3,246	/
Elfoly	67	3,232	/
Elfeel	67	3,061	/
El Fawwal	67	1,342	/
El Fallah	67	932	/
Elfahl	67	840	/
Elival	67	622	/
El Falawi	67	336	/
Elflah	67	244	/
Olfila	67	48	/
Al Fheily	67	33	/
Elvilä	67	28	/
Alfial	67	24	/
Elfoul	67	15	/
Elh Foulo	67	12	/
Al-Fil	67	12	/
Elfali	67	11	/
Oulfil	67	11	/
Elfalo	67	9	/
El Fahlah	67	9	/
Alfail	67	8	/
El Falleh	67	6	/
El Val	67	6	/
Elvill	67	6	/
Alfila	67	6	/
Elfull	67	6	/
Elphil	67	6	/
El-Fhaily	67	4	/
El Fahhal	67	4	/
El Fouali	67	4	/
Alfisl	67	4	/
Elfhel	67	4	/
Elfilaoui	67	4	/
Elfoli	67	4	/
Elfwal	67	4	/
El Aoufly	67	3	/
Elvile	67	3	/
Elfuly	67	3	/
Elifli	67	3	/
El Aoufli	67	2	/
Elfhal	67	2	/
Al Failey	67	2	/
Alfili	67	2	/
El Houfel	67	2	/
Elfalh	67	2	/
Oelfla	67	1	/
Ilfill	67	1	/
El Aoffli	67	1	/
El Awvily	67	1	/
Elfula	67	1	/
Elvili	67	1	/
El Faoual	67	1	/
El Fawaly	67	1	/
El Flaoui	67	1	/
El Fowaly	67	1	/
Elh Faula	67	1	/
Elfeuille	67	1	/
Elfhly	67	1	/
Elefailia	67	1	/
Al Afaila	67	1	/
Al Afaili	67	1	/
Al Hafili	67	1	/
Al Faiely	67	1	/
Al Failly	67	1	/
Al Fawail	67	1	/
Elfoll	67	1	/
Alfiil	67	1	/
Alfily	67	1	/
Al Fly	67	1	/
Elie Fall	67	1	/
Alifil	67	1	/
Al Haffil	67	1	/
Elafll	67	1	/
Elfala	67	1	/
Elfall	67	1	/
Elfola	67	1	/
Elvila	67	0	/
El-Feel	62	9	/

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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 Fil
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El Fil Surname

El Fil Surname

El Fil Surname Distribution Map

El Fil Demographics

El Fil Last Name Facts

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

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

El Fil Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

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Footnotes

Where Does The Last Name El Fil Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name El Fil? ^{popularity and diffusion}

El Fil Last Name Statistics ^demography