El Shafiey Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shafiey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Shafiey 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
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El Shafiey Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Shafiey is found most in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Shafiey click here.

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

It is the 1,248,410th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Shafiey are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Other than Egypt this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 1 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 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 Shafey953,455/
El Shafie953,092/
El Shafiy95124/
El Shafaey90305/
El Shafeey90183/
El Shafeya9016/
El Shafaie904/
El Shafeay904/
El-Shafiey904/
El Shafi89432/
El Shafy8937/
El Shafe895/
El Safey894/
El Shafei8413,133/
El-Shafey842,381/
El-Shafie842,262/
El Shaafy84596/
El Shafai84429/
El Shafee84429/
El Sahafi84427/
El Shafay84247/
El Shafii84244/
El Shafae84123/
El Shafea849/
El Shatfi846/
El Shatfy846/
El Safiya844/
El Shafye844/
El Shaffi843/
El Shafji842/
El Saffey842/
El Shadfi842/
El Shafer841/
El Shadfy841/
El Shafit841/
El Sayfie841/
El Shaafi841/
El Shafhe841/
El Safi828,760/
El Safy821,165/
El Safiyah80702/
El Shafaei80153/
El-Shafeey80123/
El Shafaay809/
El Shaf'ei804/
El Shafaai804/
El Shaffei804/
El Saafeya801/
El Shafahy801/
El-Shafiee801/
El Shaffee801/
El Shafeai801/
El-Shafeay801/
El Saify78278/
El Saffy7870/
El Saifi7861/
El Shafa7814/
El-Shafi7811/
El Safai787/
El Sahfy784/
El-Shafy784/
El Sayfi783/
El Chafe781/
El Safea781/
El Safei781/
El Sawfi781/
El Shafeesh761/
El-Shafei742,907/
El Shoufy741,542/
El-Shafee74431/
El-Shafay74155/
El Chafei7435/
El-Shafai7415/
El Soufey745/
El Suofey744/
El-Shafae744/
El-Chafie742/
El Chafai742/
El Shoufi742/
El Chaafi741/
El-Chafey741/
El Sahafa741/
El Shafaa741/
El-Shaafi741/
El Safa71956/
El-Safy71367/
El-Safi7155/
El Sofy7113/
El Zafy711/
El-Sheafai7010/
El-Shaphey709/
El-Shafa'y704/
El-Shafeii704/
El Shafouh703/
El-Chaffie701/
El-Shafiaa701/
El-Shafeea701/
El-Shaffee701/
El-Shafaay701/
El Soufi6740,322/
El Seify67429/
El-Saify67246/
El Soufy67122/
El Siofy67122/
El Saffa6781/
El Zaifi674/
El-Saifi673/
El Seifi671/
El Zafay671/
El Zafeh671/
El-Saffi671/
El Seufy671/
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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 Shafiey
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