El Orfi Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Orfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Orfi 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
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Spain541:865,77834,484
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

El Orfi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Orfi is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of El Orfi click here.

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

It is the 672,867th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name El Orfi occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of El Orfi reside; 87 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Outside of Morocco this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 12 percent live and Tunisia, where 2 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 Horfi93149/
El Ourfi932/
El Hourfi881/
El Urfi86397/
El Orfa869/
El-Orfi865/
El Arfi864/
El Harfi801,097/
El Herfi806/
El Arfai801/
El Arfy7135/
El Arfa716/
El Harfish714/
El-Urfi711/
El-Orfa711/
El Arfe711/
El Harfy67648/
El Harfa675/
El-Herfi671/
El-Harfi671/
El Harfeh634/
El-Arfa574/
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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 Orfi
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