El Safi Surname

57,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,760 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Safi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Safi 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
Egypt3,6611:25,1122,811
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Yemen1,5001:17,6171,917
Jordan4481:19,7382,940
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Iraq1621:216,1834,877
United Arab Emirates1531:59,8845,814
Palestine1201:37,9074,515
Tunisia451:13,5692,235
Syria441:438,6605,021
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
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El Safi (824) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Safi Demographics

El Safi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 4 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

El Safi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Safi occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Safi click here.

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

This surname is the 57,779th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 831,912 people. El Safi is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of El Safi reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 67 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Safi is also the 284,631st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 824 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 3,661 people, or 1 in 25,112. Aside from Egypt it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 26 percent live and Yemen, where 17 percent live.

El Safi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Sunni (50%) 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 Shafi93432/
El Saifi9361/
El Safai937/
El Sayfi933/
El Sawfi931/
El Safei931/
El Shafei8813,133/
El Shafie883,092/
El Shafai88429/
El Sahafi88427/
El Shafii88244/
El Shafiy88124/
El Shatfi886/
El Shaffi883/
El Shadfi882/
El Shafit881/
El Sayfie881/
El Shaafi881/
El Safy861,165/
El Safa86956/
El-Safi8655/
El Jafi861/
El Shafiey82185/
El Shafaai824/
El Shaf'ei824/
El Shaffei824/
El Soufi8040,322/
El Saify80278/
El Saffa8081/
El Saffy8070/
El Shafy8037/
El Shafa8014/
El-Shafi8011/
El Shafe805/
El Sahfy804/
El Zaifi804/
El Safey804/
El-Saifi803/
El Safea801/
El Seifi801/
El-Saffi801/
El Shafey753,455/
El-Shafei752,907/
El-Shafie752,262/
El Shaafy75596/
El Shafee75429/
El Shafay75247/
El Chafei7535/
El-Shafai7515/
El Shafea759/
El Shatfy756/
El Saffey752/
El Shoufi752/
El Chafai752/
El Souffi751/
El-Shaafi751/
El Soufid751/
El Shafaa751/
El Shadfy751/
El Sahafa751/
El Chaafi751/
El Shafer751/
El Shafhe751/
El-Safy71367/
El Shafeey71183/
El Jafy7122/
El Sofy7113/
El-Sheafai7110/
El Shafaay719/
El-Shafiey714/
El Shaffee711/
El Zafy711/
El Shafahy711/
El Seify67429/
El Zoufi67288/
El-Saify67246/
El Soufy67122/
El Siofy67122/
El-Soufi6739/
El Zafer674/
El-Shafy674/
El Giafy673/
El Zafeh671/
El Zafay671/
El Jafey671/
El Jadfy671/
El Shafeesh671/
El Chafe671/
El Seufy671/
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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 Safi
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