El Sarraf Surname
Approximately 3,912 people bear this surname
El Sarraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 2,738 | 1:1,388 | 150 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Lebanon | 434 | 1:12,989 | 1,834 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Jordan | 42 | 1:210,534 | 9,639 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Palestine | 11 | 1:413,532 | 12,017 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
El Sarraf Demographics
El Sarraf Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Sarraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Sarraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Sarraf is borne by more people in Kuwait than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Sarraf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 117,650th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,862,870 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of El Sarraf are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.
This surname is most frequently held in Kuwait, where it is borne by 2,738 people, or 1 in 1,388. Apart from Kuwait it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 15 percent live and Lebanon, where 11 percent live.
El Sarraf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (80%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Sarraff | 95 | 3 | / |
| El Sharraf | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Saraf | 94 | 191 | / |
| El-Sarraf | 89 | 6 | / |
| El Jarraf | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Sharaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Sherraf | 84 | 11 | / |
| El Sarab | 82 | 11 | / |
| El-Saraf | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Sarouf | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Shareif | 74 | 7 | / |
| El Shaaraw | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Saharab | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Zeraf | 71 | 916 | / |
| El Shaerouf | 70 | 1 | / |
| El Shorab | 67 | 6 | / |
| El Shereif | 63 | 215 | / |
| El-Shareif | 63 | 14 | / |
| El Sherouf | 63 | 1 | / |
| El-Shereif | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Sarraf
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