El Kareef Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Kareef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kareef 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
Yemen201:1,321,26511,943
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Kareef Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Kareef is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Kareef.

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

El Kareef is the 4,307,654th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name El Kareef occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Kareef live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,321,265. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Sana'a Governorate, where 70 percent are found, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 20 percent are found and Dhamar Governorate, where 5 percent are found. Besides Yemen this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 5 percent are found.

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 Kareeb8964/
El Kareb82442/
El Kharif781,028/
El-Qareef781/
El Kharouf74248/
El Karib7144/
El Khatrouf701/
El Kharoub6311/
El-Kharouf631/
El Kharroub601/
El Qarib59408/
El-Karib5916/
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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 Kareef
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