El Sawafi Surname
Approximately 2,436 people bear this surname
El Sawafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 2,059 | 1:1,791 | 260 |
| Jordan | 203 | 1:43,559 | 4,680 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Palestine | 33 | 1:137,844 | 7,971 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
El Sawafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Sawafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Sawafi has its highest incidence in Oman. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Sawafi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Sawafi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 175,797th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,991,603 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of El Sawafi reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name is most widespread in Oman, where it is held by 2,059 people, or 1 in 1,791. In Oman El Sawafi is most numerous in: Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, where 20 percent are found, Al Batinah North Governorate, where 16 percent are found and Muscat Governorate, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Oman it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 8 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Sawafih | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Shawadfi | 90 | 1,434 | / |
| El Sawafieh | 90 | 253 | / |
| El Sawafy | 89 | 27 | / |
| El Sawafet | 84 | 948 | / |
| El Shawafy | 84 | 1 | / |
| El-Shawwafi | 80 | 1,403 | / |
| El Shawadfy | 80 | 123 | / |
| El Shawatfy | 80 | 4 | / |
| El Sewafy | 78 | 154 | / |
| El Sewafe | 78 | 4 | / |
| El-Sawafy | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Sewaify | 74 | 5 | / |
| El-Shawadfy | 70 | 123 | / |
| El Sewefy | 67 | 122 | / |
| El-Sewefi | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Seweify | 63 | 2 | / |
| El-Sewefy | 56 | 4 | / |
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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 Sawafi
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