El Saff Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Saff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Saff 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
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Saff Last Name Facts

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

El Saff is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Saff is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname El Saff occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of El Saff live; 60 percent live in North Africa and 60 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Outside of Egypt this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 33 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 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 Shaff931/
El Saf921/
El Sayf86183/
El Saif8620/
El Siaf861/
El Shaf861/
El Safh861/
El Sahaf80605/
El Shafe805/
El Shaif802/
El Shadf801/
El Sab773,906/
El Saw771/
El Jaf771/
El Shafhe751/
El Shaaif751/
El Sawt71310/
El Hsab71275/
El Seif71240/
El Saab71213/
El Saib719/
El Shab719/
El Sowf713/
El Saiv711/
El Souf711/
El Sabh711/
El Shaab67855/
El Sahab67459/
El Shabh67122/
El Shouf679/
El Zahaf674/
El Shaib674/
El Chafe671/
El Shahab631/
El Zab62155/
El Sow6257/
El Jaw621/
El Jaww57671/
El Zaab577/
El Hzab574/
El-Seif571/
El Shob571/
El-Sabh571/
El-Shayb539/
El-Shaib534/
El Zahav531/
El Shoub531/
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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 Saff
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