El Sherafi Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Sherafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sherafi 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
Palestine191:239,4139,903
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Kuwait41:950,17418,811

El Sherafi Last Name Facts

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

El Sherafi is found most frequently in Palestine. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

El Sherafi is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. El Sherafi is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sherafi reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 68 percent reside in Levant.

The last name is most frequent in Palestine, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 239,413. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Gaza Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Palestine it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 18 percent are found and Kuwait, where 14 percent are found.

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 Serafi95163/
El Sharafi9010/
El Serafie901/
El Serafy842,893/
El Sarafi84214/
El-Serafi84192/
El Sirafi841/
El Sarrafi804/
El-Sharafi801/
El-Serafy74796/
El Sarafy7420/
El Zerafy7419/
El-Sirafi744/
El Sorafy741/
El Zerafeh701,059/
El Sarrafy701/
El-Sirafy639/
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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 Sherafi
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