El Harfy Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Harfy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Harfy 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
United Arab Emirates4011:22,8492,610
Yemen2221:119,0336,599
Oman241:153,6653,434
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Harfy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Harfy is found in The United Arab Emirates more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 506,165th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,246,213 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Harfy reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently used in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 401 people, or 1 in 22,849. In The United Arab Emirates El Harfy is most numerous in: Ras al-Khaimah, where 13 percent reside, Dubai, where 7 percent reside and Sharjah, where 0 percent reside. Other than The United Arab Emirates this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 34 percent reside and Oman, where 4 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 Arfy9335/
El Harfi881,097/
El Harfa885/
El Harfeh824/
El Kharfi822/
El Arfa806/
El Arfi804/
El Arfe801/
El Harfish784/
El Horfi75149/
El Herfi756/
El Jarfi755/
El-Harfi751/
El Arfai751/
El-Charfa712/
El Hourfi711/
El Chorfi711/
El Orfi67444/
El Orfa679/
El-Arfa674/
El Jorfi639/
El Ourfi632/
El-Herfi631/
El-Orfi535/
El-Orfa531/
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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 Harfy
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