El Safy Surname

320,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Safy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Safy 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
Egypt8241:111,5739,244
Yemen1381:191,4888,354
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
United Arab Emirates441:208,23314,206
Syria221:877,3196,367
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
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El Safy Last Name Facts

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

El Safy occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 320,709th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,255,404 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of El Safy live; 72 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El Safy is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 824 people, or 1 in 111,573. Aside from Egypt this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 12 percent live and Kuwait, where 10 percent live.

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 Saify93278/
El Saffy9370/
El Shafy9337/
El Sahfy934/
El Safey934/
El Shafey883,455/
El Shaafy88596/
El Shafay88247/
El Shafiy88124/
El Shatfy886/
El Saffey882/
El Shadfy881/
El Safi868,760/
El Safa86956/
El-Safy86367/
El Jafy8622/
El Sofy8613/
El Zafy861/
El Shafiey82185/
El Shafeey82183/
El Shafaay829/
El Shafahy821/
El Shafi80432/
El Seify80429/
El-Saify80246/
El Siofy80122/
El Soufy80122/
El Saffa8081/
El Saifi8061/
El Shafa8014/
El Safai807/
El Shafe805/
El-Shafy804/
El Giafy803/
El Sayfi803/
El Jadfy801/
El Safei801/
El Safea801/
El Seufy801/
El Sawfi801/
El Jafey801/
El Zafay801/
El Shafei7513,133/
El Shafie753,092/
El-Shafey752,381/
El Shoufy751,542/
El Shafee75429/
El Shafai75429/
El Sahafi75427/
El Shafii75244/
El-Shafay75155/
El Shafea759/
El Shatfi756/
El Soufey755/
El Suofey754/
El Shaffi753/
El Shadfi752/
El Sayfie751/
El Shaafi751/
El Shafit751/
El Shafaa751/
El Sahafa751/
El Shafer751/
El Shafhe751/
El-Shafeey71123/
El-Safi7155/
El-Sefy715/
El-Sofy715/
El Shafaai714/
El Shaf'ei714/
El-Shafa'y714/
El-Shafiey714/
El Shaffei714/
El Shaffee711/
El Jafi711/
El-Shafaay711/
El Soufi6740,322/
El-Seify67307/
El-Soufy67122/
El-Shafi6711/
El-Siefy674/
El Zaifi674/
El Zafer674/
El-Saifi673/
El-Saffi671/
El Zafeh671/
El Shafeesh671/
El Seifi671/
El Chafe671/
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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 Safy
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