El Shafey Surname

130,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shafey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Shafey 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
Egypt2,8981:31,7243,399
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
France141:4,744,480251,814
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El Shafey Last Name Facts

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

El Shafey is most common in Egypt. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 130,893rd most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,109,275 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of El Shafey are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El Shafey is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,898 people, or 1 in 31,724. Barring Egypt this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

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El Seify71429/
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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 Shafey
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