El Ouafi Surname

50,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Ouafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ouafi 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
Morocco9,4401:3,652363
Spain3461:135,12110,216
France2911:228,25735,399
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Algeria81:4,828,94449,535
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England41:13,929,515290,718
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El Ouafi (369) may also be a first name.

El Ouafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Ouafi is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 50,535th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 717,914 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of El Ouafi live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 452,461st most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 369 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 9,440 people, or 1 in 3,652. Besides Morocco this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 3 percent live and France, where 3 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 Ouafai94185/
El Ouaffi942/
El Ouafii941/
El Ouadfi941/
El Ouasfi941/
El Houadfi891/
El Aoufi882,731/
El Ouafa88998/
El Ouafy88547/
El-Ouafi88211/
El Oaufi881/
El Haoufi82171/
El Ouafaa829/
El Ouafay823/
El Haouffi781/
El Aoufy755/
El-Ouafy754/
El-Aoufy631/
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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 Ouafi
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