El Shafei Surname

39,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Shafei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shafei 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
Egypt3,8131:24,1112,718
Jordan3,2711:2,703540
Yemen2,2451:11,7711,413
Palestine2,0131:2,260465
Lebanon5321:10,5961,575
Kuwait3471:10,9531,529
Oman3071:12,0131,421
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United Arab Emirates1711:53,5815,240
Tunisia521:11,7431,936
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Syria181:1,072,2796,957
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Qatar61:393,00055,922
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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El Shafei (36) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Shafei Demographics

El Shafei Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 294 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Shafei Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shafei is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

El Shafei is the 39,958th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 554,903 people. The last name El Shafei is primarily found in Asia, where 70 percent of El Shafei live; 70 percent live in West Asia and 45 percent live in Levant. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 36 people.

This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 3,813 people, or 1 in 24,111. Besides Egypt El Shafei exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 25 percent are found and Yemen, where 17 percent are found.

El Shafei Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Shafei surname is predominantly Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.

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 Shaf'ei954/
El Shaffei954/
El Shafi94432/
El Shafe945/
El Safei941/
El Shafey893,455/
El Shafie893,092/
El-Shafei892,907/
El Shafai89429/
El Shafee89429/
El Sahafi89427/
El Shafii89244/
El Shafiy89124/
El Shafae89123/
El Chafei8935/
El Shafea899/
El Shatfi896/
El Shafye894/
El Shaffi893/
El Shadfi892/
El Shafer891/
El Shafit891/
El Shaafi891/
El Shafhe891/
El Safi888,760/
El Shafiey84185/
El Shafeey84183/
El Shafeya8416/
El Shajifi845/
El Shafaai844/
El Shafaie844/
El-Shafeii844/
El Shehafi841/
El Shaffee841/
El Saifi8261/
El Shafy8237/
El Shafa8214/
El-Shafi8211/
El Safai827/
El Safey824/
El Sayfi823/
El Chafe821/
El Safea821/
El Sawfi821/
El Shafeesh801/
El-Shafey782,381/
El-Shafie782,262/
El Shaafy78596/
El-Shafee78431/
El Shafay78247/
El Shatfa7842/
El-Chafei7816/
El-Shafai7815/
El Shatfy786/
El Safiya784/
El-Shafae784/
El Chafai782/
El Shoufi782/
El Saffey782/
El Chaafi781/
El Sahafa781/
El Shadfa781/
El Shadfy781/
El Shafaa781/
El-Shaafi781/
El Sayfie781/
El Safy751,165/
El Safa75956/
El-Safi7555/
El Safiyah74702/
El-Shafeey74123/
El-Sheafai7410/
El Shafaay749/
El Shafaah744/
El-Shafiey744/
El Shafouh743/
El Saafeya741/
El Shafahy741/
El-Shafeea741/
El-Shaffee741/
El Sayoufi741/
El Soufi7140,322/
El Seify71429/
El Saify71278/
El Safah71164/
El Saffa7181/
El Saffy7170/
El Zaifi714/
El Sahfy714/
El-Shafy714/
El-Saifi713/
El Safat711/
El Seifi711/
El Zafeh711/
El-Saffi711/
El Shoufy671,542/
El-Shafay67155/
El Zaffeh6743/
El Choufi6721/
El Seifou675/
El Shoufa675/
El Soufey675/
El-Chafii674/
El Soufeh674/
El Souefi674/
El Suofey674/
El-Chafey671/
El Sejafy671/
El Souffi671/
El Soufid671/
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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 Shafei
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