El Halaf Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Halaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Halaf 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
Yemen1131:233,8529,045
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Halaf Last Name Facts

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

El Halaf is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 1,612,213th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname El Halaf is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Halaf reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 233,852. In Yemen it is primarily found in: Dhamar Governorate, where 95 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Yemen this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside and Iraq, where 3 percent reside.

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 Khalaf9414/
El Chalaf946/
El Hallaf941/
El Alaf931/
El Halab88290/
El Galaf889/
El Allaf885/
El Helaf881/
El Halaw881/
El Halayfeh8427/
El Gallaf82351/
El-Khalaf8213/
El Hallof8213/
El Hallab8212/
El Khalav828/
El Halouf824/
El Hailab822/
El Jahlaf821/
El Hallouf782/
El-Allaf752/
El Jalab751/
El Khallouf749/
El Jallab71347/
El Haloub714/
El Aslouf711/
El Aalouf711/
El Helow63184/
El-Challouf631/
El-Helow50124/
El Oloob504/
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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 Halaf
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