El Lafy Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Lafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Lafy 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
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388

El Lafy Last Name Facts

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

El Lafy occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of El Lafy click here.

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

The surname El Lafy is the 1,434,893rd most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name El Lafy is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of El Lafy are found; 87 percent are found in North Africa and 81 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 9 percent live and Tunisia, where 6 percent live.

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 Laffy931/
El Lafi863/
El-Lafy861/
El Lotfy801/
El Laffa801/
El Lahafi752/
El-Lafi717/
El Loufi67189/
El Lotfi671/
El Lotfet6314/
El Loutfi631/
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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 Lafy
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