El Kanafani Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
El Kanafani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
El Kanafani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Kanafani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Kanafani is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Kanafani? popularity and diffusion
El Kanafani is the 1,380,086th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of El Kanafani are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Other than Egypt this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Kanfani | 86 | 22 | / |
| Alkanafani | 86 | 8 | / |
| Al-Kanafani | 82 | 1 | / |
| Al Kanafany | 82 | 1 | / |
| Alknafan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Alknifani | 70 | 23 | / |
| Al-Knafany | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkhanovna | 57 | 7 | / |
| Olugunnafan | 55 | 4 | / |
| Alagunfon | 50 | 72 | / |
| Ilkanovna | 50 | 1 | / |
| Elkenovna | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanafani
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