El Sawafy Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Sawafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sawafy 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
Palestine261:174,9568,796
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Sawafy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sawafy is more frequently found in Palestine than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname El Sawafy is the 3,798,600th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sawafy are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Levant.

The surname is most numerous in Palestine, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 174,956. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Jerusalem Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Hebron Governorate, where 19 percent reside and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Palestine El Sawafy occurs in one country. It is also found in Yemen, where 4 percent reside.

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 Shawafy951/
El Shawadfy90123/
El Shawatfy904/
El Sawafi892,436/
El Sewafy89154/
El-Sawafy891/
El Sawafet84948/
El Sewaify845/
El Sawafih841/
El Shawadfi801,434/
El Sawafieh80253/
El-Shawadfy80123/
El Sewefy78122/
El Sewafe784/
El Seweify742/
El-Shawwafi701,403/
El-Sewefy674/
El-Sewefi564/
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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 Sawafy
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