El Shafay Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shafay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shafay 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
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El Shafay Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shafay is found most frequently in Egypt. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,022,958th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The last name El Shafay occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Shafay reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Without taking into account Egypt this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 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 Shafaay959/
El Shafahy951/
El Shafy9437/
El Shafa9414/
El Shafey893,455/
El Shaafy89596/
El Shafai89429/
El-Shafay89155/
El Shafiy89124/
El Shafae89123/
El Shatfa8942/
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El Shatfy896/
El Shafye894/
El Sahafa891/
El Shadfa891/
El Shadfy891/
El Shafaa891/
El Safy881,165/
El Safa88956/
El Shafiey84185/
El Shafeey84183/
El Shafeya8416/
El Shafaah844/
El Shafaai844/
El Shafaie844/
El-Shafa'y844/
El-Shafaay841/
El Shafi82432/
El Saify82278/
El Safah82164/
El Saffa8281/
El Saffy8270/
El Safai827/
El Shafe825/
El Safey824/
El Sahfy824/
El-Shafy824/
El Safat821/
El Safea821/
El Zafay821/
El Shafei7813,133/
El Shafie783,092/
El-Shafey782,381/
El Shoufy781,542/
El Shafee78429/
El Sahafi78427/
El Shafii78244/
El-Shafai7815/
El Shatfi786/
El Shoufa785/
El Safiya784/
El-Shafae784/
El Shaffi783/
El Chafai782/
El Saffey782/
El Shadfi782/
El Shafer781/
El Shafit781/
El Shaafi781/
El Shafhe781/
El Safi758,760/
El-Safy75367/
El Sofy7513/
El Zafy751/
El Safiyah74702/
El-Shafeey74123/
El-Sheafai7410/
El Shaf'ei744/
El Shaffei744/
El-Shafiey744/
El Shafouh743/
El Saafeya741/
El Shoufah741/
El-Shafeea741/
El Shaffee741/
El Seify71429/
El-Saify71246/
El Soufy71122/
El Siofy71122/
El Saifi7161/
El-Shafi7111/
El Sayfi713/
El-Safah712/
El Chafe711/
El Safei711/
El Sawfi711/
El Seufy711/
El Shafeesh701/
El-Shafei672,907/
El-Shafie672,262/
El-Shafee67431/
El Chafei6735/
El Soufey675/
El Suofey674/
El Shoufi672/
El Chaafi671/
El-Chafey671/
El Seffah671/
El-Shaafi671/
El Sayfie671/
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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 Shafay
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