El Shaafy Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Shaafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shaafy 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
Yemen5921:44,6373,716
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368

El Shaafy Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shaafy occurs most in Yemen. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname El Shaafy is the 539,451st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Shaafy live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 592 people, or 1 in 44,637. In Yemen El Shaafy is most numerous in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 74 percent live, Dhale Governorate, where 23 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent live. Barring Yemen this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Egypt, where 1 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 Shafy9437/
El Shafey893,455/
El Shafay89247/
El Shafiy89124/
El Shatfy896/
El Shaafi891/
El Shadfy891/
El Safy881,165/
El Shafiey84185/
El Shafeey84183/
El Shafaay849/
El Shafahy841/
El Shafi82432/
El Saify82278/
El Saffy8270/
El Shafa8214/
El Shafe825/
El-Shafy824/
El Sahfy824/
El Safey824/
El Shafei7813,133/
El Shafie783,092/
El-Shafey782,381/
El Shoufy781,542/
El Shafai78429/
El Shafee78429/
El Sahafi78427/
El Shafii78244/
El-Shafay78155/
El Shafea789/
El Shatfi786/
El Shaffi783/
El Saffey782/
El Shadfi782/
El Shafhe781/
El Chaafi781/
El Shafer781/
El Sahafa781/
El-Shaafi781/
El Shafit781/
El Shafaa781/
El Safi758,760/
El Safa75956/
El-Safy75367/
El Sofy7513/
El Zafy751/
El-Shafeey74123/
El Shaffei744/
El Shaf'ei744/
El Shafaai744/
El-Shafa'y744/
El-Shafiey744/
El Shaffee741/
El-Shafaay741/
El Seify71429/
El-Saify71246/
El Siofy71122/
El Soufy71122/
El Saffa7181/
El Saifi7161/
El-Shafi7111/
El Safai717/
El Sayfi713/
El Chafe711/
El Safei711/
El Seufy711/
El Sawfi711/
El Zafay711/
El Safea711/
El Shafeesh701/
El-Shafei672,907/
El-Shafie672,262/
El-Shafee67431/
El Chafei6735/
El-Shafai6715/
El Soufey675/
El Shoufa675/
El Suofey674/
El Shoufi672/
El Chafai672/
El Sayfie671/
El-Chafey671/
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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 Shaafy
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