El Saffar Surname

140,260th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Saffar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Saffar 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
Kuwait2,8351:1,341144
Iraq1681:208,4624,771
United Arab Emirates1121:81,8067,538
Lebanon271:208,7818,577
Jordan181:491,24612,976
Oman91:409,7755,604
Yemen71:3,775,04217,439
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Saffar Demographics

El Saffar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 13 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Saffar Last Name Facts

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

El Saffar has its highest incidence in Kuwait. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of El Saffar click here.

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

This surname is the 140,260th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,289,521 people. The surname El Saffar is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Saffar live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most widespread in Kuwait, where it is held by 2,835 people, or 1 in 1,341. Beside Kuwait this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 5 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.

El Saffar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Saffar last name is predominantly Shiite (54%) in Lebanon.

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/
Elsaffar9418/
El Saffairy9024/
Al Saffar892,020/
El Safary89680/
El-Saffar896/
El Safari891/
El Saffry891/
Elsafar881/
El Saffuri849/
El Saffour842/
El Asafary841/
Al Saffaar841/
Al Saffari841/
Alsaffar825,107/
El Safir821,861/
El Asfar82406/
El Esfar82170/
El Safra82122/
Al Safar82101/
El Safry829/
El Sefar824/
Elsafair822/
El Jafar821/
El-Safar821/
Elsafari821/
Elsafary821/
El Saffouri80116/
Al Saffarah801/
Al-Saffar782,660/
Al Safary78982/
El Asafir78549/
El Asafra78341/
El Isfarr78305/
El Asfari78141/
El Safiri78122/
Al Safari7841/
ul Zaffar7831/
El Jaafar785/
El Sefary784/
Allsaffar783/
El Assfar783/
Al'saffar782/
El Zafary782/
Alsaffaar782/
El Safour781/
El Asefar781/
El Zafari781/
Al Saifar781/
Al Safaar781/
Al Saffer781/
El Safory781/
Alsafar75838/
Elasfar75440/
Elsafer75183/
Elsafir75153/
Elesfar754/
El Sfer752/
Ulsafar751/
El Safouri741,404/
El Safoury74187/
El Sawafry7450/
El Safrawi7411/
El Safrawy745/
El Assafry741/
El Assfari741/
Elh Sofari741/
El Zaafari741/
Al Saifari741/
Al Saffuri741/
Al Asaifar741/
Al-Saffari741/
Al Asfar713,704/
Elsafory71887/
Al Zafar71387/
ul Zafar71310/
El Asfer71136/
Elsafeer71122/
Al-Safar7177/
Elsoffer7139/
Alsafari7134/
El Sefry7133/
Alesafar7126/
Alsuffar7125/
Elasfari7121/
El Zafry7117/
Al Safri7110/
Elsefary719/
El Zufar719/
El-Asfar717/
Elsyafri715/
Alsaffer715/
Al Safra715/
El Zafer714/
Elsafour714/
Elsefari714/
Alsafaar712/
Elesavar711/
Ulzaffar711/
Elasefar711/
Elsafori711/
Al-Sffar711/
Al Sofar711/
Al Sufar711/
Elosfara711/
Alsafear711/
Elseffer710/
Elsiffer710/
Elsaefer710/
Al Asafairy7089/
Elisa Faria7045/
El Sawafiry7028/
Al Saffouri702/
Al-Saffairi701/
El Asfour674,520/
Elsafoury67983/
Al Asafer67451/
El Sefreh67340/
Al-Saffir67195/
Al Asfari67184/
Ali Zafar67145/
Eliasifar67119/
Alsfar6715/
Al-Safari6714/
Al-Suffar6711/
Al-Safaar677/
Yelasavar676/
Al Zafari675/
Al Saifri674/
El Zofary674/
El-Sefary674/
El Asfory674/
Al Zaffer672/
Al Asafir672/
Al Safiri672/
Ali Asfar672/
El-Assfar672/
El Osfour672/
El Jafour671/
Ali Safri671/
Elzaafari671/
El Soufry671/
Elassfari671/
El Zaifry671/
Alsaffory671/
Alsaffury671/
Al Asfaar671/
Al Assfar671/
Al-Safara671/
Ali Safer671/
Alisafari671/
Alsafaria671/
Al Sefear671/
Alh Safur671/
ul Safeer671/
Al Safory671/
Al Safura671/
Al Savari671/
El Usfuri671/
El-Safory671/
Elsyafira671/
Elsefr671/
Alsafr671/
Elsoeffer670/
El Zaafour635/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Saffar
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