El Shlef Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
El Shlef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 317 | 1:83,361 | 5,495 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
El Shlef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Shlef Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Shlef occurs most in Yemen. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shlef? popularity and diffusion
The last name El Shlef is the 857,026th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. El Shlef is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shlef reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 83,361. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Ibb Governorate, where 80 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 16 percent reside and 'Amran Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Barring Yemen this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Iraq, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Shalef | 94 | 6 | / |
| El Shalaf | 82 | 183 | / |
| El Shloof | 82 | 130 | / |
| El Shlifi | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Shelfy | 82 | 2 | / |
| El Shelfa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Elshelf | 80 | 4 | / |
| El Shloufi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al Shlaf | 75 | 98 | / |
| Elshelfa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Elshilfa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Elshelif | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Shelfouh | 74 | 90 | / |
| El Shelfawy | 74 | 35 | / |
| Al Shalfa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Al Shilaf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al Shalaf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al Shalafi | 67 | 1,732 | / |
| Al Shlafah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Al Shalfey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Shalafy | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Shelfie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Shulaifi | 63 | 5 | / |
| Alshalfi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al Shaloufa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Alshlifi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Alshlafy | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al-Shalfi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alshallaf | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alshlhoof | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alshalov | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Shlef
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