El Safah Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
El Safah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 162 | 1:34,797 | 3,387 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
El Safah Demographics
El Safah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Safah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Safah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Safah is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Safah? popularity and diffusion
El Safah is the 1,353,468th most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Safah live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant.
The surname is most common in Lebanon, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 34,797. In Lebanon it is most prevalent in: Beirut Governorate, where 80 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 9 percent live and North Governorate, where 5 percent live. Beside Lebanon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
El Safah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the El Safah surname is primarily Sunni (94%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Safa | 93 | 956 | / |
| El Shafaah | 89 | 4 | / |
| El Shafahy | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Saffa | 88 | 81 | / |
| El Shafa | 88 | 14 | / |
| El Safai | 88 | 7 | / |
| El-Safah | 88 | 2 | / |
| El Safea | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Safat | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Shafai | 82 | 429 | / |
| El Shafay | 82 | 247 | / |
| El Shatfa | 82 | 42 | / |
| El Shafea | 82 | 9 | / |
| El Shadfa | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Sahafa | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Seffah | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Shafaa | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Safo | 80 | 17 | / |
| El Shafaay | 78 | 9 | / |
| El Shafaai | 78 | 4 | / |
| El Shafouh | 78 | 3 | / |
| El Shoufah | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Safey | 75 | 4 | / |
| El Zafay | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Safei | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Zafat | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Jaffa | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Shafei | 71 | 13,133 | / |
| El Shafey | 71 | 3,455 | / |
| El-Shafay | 71 | 155 | / |
| El-Shafai | 71 | 15 | / |
| El Shoufa | 71 | 5 | / |
| El Chafai | 71 | 2 | / |
| El Saffey | 71 | 2 | / |
| El-Sheafai | 67 | 10 | / |
| El Sofo | 67 | 6 | / |
| El-Shafa'y | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Shaffei | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Shaf'ei | 67 | 4 | / |
| El-Shafaay | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Shafeea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Safah
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