El Safa Surname

374,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Safa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Safa 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
Egypt9461:97,1848,316
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Safa (4,082) may also be a first name.

El Safa Last Name Facts

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

El Safa has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

El Safa is the 374,643rd most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 7,622,956 people. The surname El Safa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Safa live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa. El Safa is also the 108,972nd most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 4,082 people.

It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 946 people, or 1 in 97,184. Not including Egypt El Safa exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 0 percent live and Yemen, where 0 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 Safah93164/
El Saffa9381/
El Shafa9314/
El Safai937/
El Safea931/
El Safat931/
El Shafai88429/
El Shafay88247/
El Shatfa8842/
El Shafea889/
El Shafaa881/
El Shadfa881/
El Sahafa881/
El Safi868,760/
El Safy861,165/
El Safo8617/
El Shafaay829/
El Shafaai824/
El Shafaah824/
El Shafahy821/
El Shafi80432/
El Saify80278/
El Saffy8070/
El Saifi8061/
El Shafy8037/
El Shafe805/
El Safey804/
El Sahfy804/
El Sayfi803/
El-Safah802/
El Jaffa801/
El Zafay801/
El Sawfi801/
El Zafat801/
El Safei801/
El Shafei7513,133/
El Shafey753,455/
El Shafie753,092/
El Shaafy75596/
El Shafee75429/
El Sahafi75427/
El Shafii75244/
El-Shafay75155/
El Shafiy75124/
El-Shafai7515/
El Shatfi756/
El Shatfy756/
El Shoufa755/
El Shaffi753/
El Shadfi752/
El Saffey752/
El Chafai752/
El Shafit751/
El Seffah751/
El Sayfie751/
El Shaafi751/
El Shafhe751/
El Shafer751/
El Shadfy751/
El-Safy71367/
El Shafiey71185/
El Shafeey71183/
El-Safi7155/
El Sofy7113/
El-Sheafai7110/
El Sofo716/
El Shaffei714/
El-Shafa'y714/
El Shaf'ei714/
El Shafouh713/
El Shaffee711/
El-Shafeea711/
El Zafy711/
El Shoufah711/
El-Shafaay711/
El Soufi6740,322/
El Seify67429/
El-Saify67246/
El Soufy67122/
El Siofy67122/
El-Shafi6711/
El Zaifi674/
El-Shafy674/
El-Saifi673/
El-Saffi671/
El Zafeh671/
El Jafey671/
El Shafeesh671/
El Seifi671/
El Chafe671/
El Seufy671/
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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 Safa
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