El Safary Surname

487,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Safary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Safary 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
Yemen3621:72,9985,049
United Arab Emirates2191:41,8374,325
Syria631:306,3654,524
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388

El Safary Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Safary is more frequently found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 487,899th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Safary reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El Safary is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 72,998. In Yemen El Safary is most common in: Taiz Governorate, where 90 percent reside, Aden Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Other than Yemen this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 32 percent reside and Syria, where 9 percent reside.

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 Saffary95155/
El Shafary9513/
El Saffairy9024/
El Shaafary903/
El Sefary894/
El Zafary892/
El Safory891/
El Safari891/
El Safoury84187/
El Jaafary847/
El Shafoury802/
El Jafari785/
El Zofary784/
El-Sefary784/
El Zafari781/
El-Safory781/
El Jaafari7410,080/
El Safouri741,404/
El-Safoury744/
El Zafoury743/
El-Jaafary741/
El Zaafari741/
El Jjafari741/
El Jaàfari741/
El Saffouri70116/
El Zaafoury701/
El Sefouri63227/
El-Jaafari631/
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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 Safary
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