El Rahif Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Rahif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Rahif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Yemen701:377,50410,207
United Arab Emirates161:572,64223,583
Tunisia61:101,77114,710

El Rahif Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Rahif occurs most in Kuwait. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 1,328,442nd most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of El Rahif are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

El Rahif is most frequently occurring in Kuwait, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 49,360. Excluding Kuwait this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 41 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Rahib88488/
Al Rahif882/
El Rahaf881/
Al Rahifi8210/
El Raheb75479/
Elraheef7530/
ul Rahuf751/
Al Rahaf751/
ul Rahoof712/
Alrahaifa711/
Al Rehifi711/
Al Rehaief671/
Al Rahafeh671/
El-Raheb63168/
Alraheef631/
Al-Rahayfeh531/

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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
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  • 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 Rahif
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