El Kashef Surname

130,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Kashef Surname User-submission:

The surname refers to an Ottoman government inspector who used to inspect, revise and detect documents of governmental employees. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

El Kashef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,4101:38,1483,949
Jordan4321:20,4693,004
Yemen2491:106,1266,309
Palestine2011:22,6313,433
Lebanon951:59,3384,571
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

El Kashef Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname refers to an Ottoman government inspector who used to inspect, revise and detect documents of governmental employees. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

- ehab_eldeeb

El Kashef Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Kashef is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 130,621st most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,104,403 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of El Kashef reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,410 people, or 1 in 38,148. Beside Egypt it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 12 percent reside and Yemen, where 7 percent reside.

El Kashef Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.

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