El Shafi Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Shafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shafi 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
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Syria721:268,0704,352
Jordan631:140,3568,231
Iraq421:833,84911,429
Palestine221:206,7669,351
Lebanon191:296,68910,035
Yemen151:1,761,68612,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Shafi Demographics

El Shafi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 16 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Shafi Last Name Facts

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

El Shafi occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Shafi.

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

El Shafi is the 686,443rd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The surname El Shafi is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of El Shafi reside; 56 percent reside in West Asia and 50 percent reside in Levant.

The surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Beside Egypt this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 17 percent reside and Jordan, where 15 percent reside.

El Shafi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Druze (88%) 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 Shafei9413,133/
El Shafie943,092/
El Shafai94429/
El Sahafi94427/
El Shafii94244/
El Shafiy94124/
El Shatfi946/
El Shaffi943/
El Shadfi942/
El Shaafi941/
El Shafit941/
El Safi938,760/
El Shafiey89185/
El Shaffei894/
El Shafaai894/
El Shaf'ei894/
El Saifi8861/
El Shafy8837/
El Shafa8814/
El-Shafi8811/
El Safai887/
El Shafe885/
El Sayfi883/
El Safei881/
El Sawfi881/
El Shafey823,455/
El-Shafei822,907/
El-Shafie822,262/
El Shaafy82596/
El Shafee82429/
El Shafay82247/
El Chafei8235/
El-Shafai8215/
El Shafea829/
El Shatfy826/
El Chafai822/
El Shoufi822/
El Sahafa821/
El Shadfy821/
El Shafaa821/
El-Shaafi821/
El Sayfie821/
El Shafhe821/
El Shafer821/
El Chaafi821/
El Safy801,165/
El Safa80956/
El-Safi8055/
El Shafeey78183/
El-Sheafai7810/
El Shafaay789/
El-Shafiey784/
El Shafahy781/
El Shaffee781/
El Soufi7540,322/
El Saify75278/
El Saffa7581/
El Saffy7570/
El-Shafy754/
El Sahfy754/
El Safey754/
El Zaifi754/
El-Saifi753/
El Safea751/
El Seifi751/
El Chafe751/
El-Saffi751/
El Shafeesh741/
El-Shafey712,381/
El Shoufy711,542/
El-Shafee71431/
El-Shafay71155/
El Choufi7121/
El-Chafei7116/
El Shoufa715/
El-Chafii714/
El Saffey712/
El Soufid711/
El Souffi711/
El-Safy67367/
El-Shafeey67123/
El Sofy6713/
El-Shafa'y674/
El-Shafaay671/
El-Shaffee671/
El-Shafeea671/
El Zafy671/
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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 Shafi
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