El Shafie Surname

143,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,092 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shafie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Shafie 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
Egypt3,0511:30,1333,273
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
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El Shafie Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shafie is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name El Shafie is the 143,805th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,356,904 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Shafie live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 3,051 people, or 1 in 30,133. Aside from Egypt El Shafie occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Shafiey95185/
El Shafaie954/
El Shafi94432/
El Shafe945/
El Shafei8913,133/
El Shafey893,455/
El-Shafie892,262/
El Shafai89429/
El Shafee89429/
El Sahafi89427/
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El Shafiy89124/
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El Shatfi896/
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El Safi888,760/
El Shafeey84183/
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El Saifi8261/
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El Safai827/
El Safey824/
El Sayfi823/
El Chafe821/
El Safea821/
El Safei821/
El Sawfi821/
El Shafeesh801/
El-Shafei782,907/
El-Shafey782,381/
El Shaafy78596/
El-Shafee78431/
El Shafay78247/
El Chafei7835/
El-Shafai7815/
El Shatfy786/
El Safiya784/
El-Shafae784/
El-Chafie782/
El Chafai782/
El Shoufi782/
El Saffey782/
El Chaafi781/
El Sahafa781/
El Shadfy781/
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El Safy751,165/
El Safa75956/
El-Safi7555/
El Safiyah74702/
El-Shafeey74123/
El-Sheafai7410/
El Shafaay749/
El-Shafeii744/
El Shafouh743/
El-Chaffie741/
El Saafeya741/
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El-Shafiaa741/
El-Shafeea741/
El-Shaffee741/
El-Shafeay741/
El Soufi7140,322/
El Saify71278/
El Saffa7181/
El Saffy7170/
El Zaifi714/
El Sahfy714/
El-Shafy714/
El-Saifi713/
El Seifi711/
El Zafeh711/
El-Saffi711/
El Shoufy671,542/
El-Shafay67155/
El Zaffeh6743/
El Choufi6721/
El-Chafei6716/
El Shoufa675/
El Soufey675/
El-Chafii674/
El Suofey674/
El-Chafey671/
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 Shafie
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