El Serafy Surname

152,166th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Serafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Serafy 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
Egypt2,3491:39,1384,035
Kuwait4051:9,3841,298
Yemen1101:240,2309,114
Syria111:1,754,6388,509
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England21:27,859,030389,889
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Serafy Last Name Facts

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

El Serafy occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname El Serafy is the 152,166th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,519,027 people. The last name El Serafy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of El Serafy are found; 81 percent are found in North Africa and 81 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,349 people, or 1 in 39,138. Outside of Egypt this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 14 percent live and Yemen, where 4 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-Serafy89796/
El Serafi89163/
El Sarafy8920/
El Zerafy8919/
El Sorafy891/
El Sherafi8428/
El Serafie841/
El Sarrafy841/
El Sarafi78214/
El-Serafi78192/
El Zarafy7845/
El-Sirafy789/
El Jirafy781/
El Sirafi781/
El Zerafeh741,059/
El Sharafi7410/
El Sarrafi744/
El-Sirafi674/
El Jirafi671/
El-Sharafi631/
El Zahrafi631/
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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 Serafy
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