El Safany Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Safany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Safany 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
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Syria41:4,825,25612,827

El Safany Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Safany is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Safany live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 4,404,216. In Yemen El Safany is primarily found in: Sana'a Governorate, where 67 percent live, Ibb Governorate, where 17 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 17 percent live. Barring Yemen it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 29 percent live and Syria, where 29 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 Saffany952/
El Safani89214/
El Sofany89122/
El Sefany8915/
El-Safany891/
El Safony891/
El Soufany84128/
El Shafony843/
El Shoufany80301/
El Safoni781/
El-Sofany781/
El Safouni743/
El Shoufouny679/
El Safounieh674/
El Chofani636/
El Choufani602/
El-Choufani509/
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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 Safany
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