El Saffa Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Saffa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Saffa 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
Yemen661:400,38310,391
Jordan151:589,49613,598

El Saffa Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Saffa is found most in Yemen. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 2,091,648th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Saffa reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 81 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El Saffa is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 400,383. In Yemen El Saffa is mostly concentrated in: Taiz Governorate, where 98 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Yemen this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Jordan, where 19 percent are found.

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 Safa93956/
El Safah88164/
El Saffy8870/
El Shafa8814/
El Safai887/
El Safea881/
El Safat881/
El Jaffa881/
El Shafai82429/
El Shafay82247/
El Shatfa8242/
El Shafea829/
El Shaffi823/
El Saffey822/
El Shadfa821/
El Seffah821/
El Sahafa821/
El Shafaa821/
El Safi808,760/
El Safy801,165/
El Safo8017/
El Shafaay789/
El Shaffei784/
El Shafaah784/
El Shafaai784/
El Shaffee781/
El Shafahy781/
El Shafi75432/
El Saify75278/
El Saifi7561/
El Shafy7537/
El Shafe755/
El Sahfy754/
El Safey754/
El Sayfi753/
El-Safah752/
El Sawfi751/
El-Saffi751/
El Zafay751/
El Safei751/
El Zafat751/
El Shafei7113,133/
El Shafey713,455/
El Shafie713,092/
El Shaafy71596/
El Shafee71429/
El Sahafi71427/
El Shafii71244/
El-Shafay71155/
El Shafiy71124/
El Zaffeh7143/
El-Shafai7115/
El Shatfy716/
El Shatfi716/
El Shoufa715/
El Shadfi712/
El Chafai712/
El Shafhe711/
El Shafer711/
El Shafit711/
El Souffi711/
El Shadfy711/
El Sayfie711/
El Shaafi711/
El-Safy67367/
El Shafiey67185/
El Shafeey67183/
El-Safi6755/
El Sofy6713/
El-Sheafai6710/
El Sofo676/
El-Shafa'y674/
El Shaf'ei674/
El Shafouh673/
El-Shafaay671/
El-Shaffee671/
El-Shafeea671/
El Zafy671/
El Shoufah671/
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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 Saffa
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