El Horfi Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Horfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Horfi 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
Yemen1341:197,2048,473
France131:5,109,440259,941
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Horfi Last Name Facts

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

El Horfi occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 1,441,361st most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of El Horfi reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

El Horfi is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 197,204. In Yemen it is most common in: 'Amran Governorate, where 97 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent reside. Beside Yemen it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 9 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 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 Hourfi941/
El Chorfi941/
El Orfi93444/
El Harfi881,097/
El Jorfi889/
El Herfi886/
El Ourfi882/
El Kharfi822/
El Urfi80397/
El Orfa809/
El-Orfi805/
El Arfi804/
El Harfish784/
El Harfy75648/
El Harfa755/
El Jarfi755/
El-Herfi751/
El Arfai751/
El-Harfi751/
El Harfeh714/
El Arfy6735/
El Arfa676/
El-Urfi671/
El-Orfa671/
El Arfe671/
El-Charfa592/
El-Arfa534/
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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 Horfi
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