El Shorafa Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Shorafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shorafa 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
Palestine31:1,516,28317,268

El Shorafa Last Name Facts

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

El Shorafa has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,244,200th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname El Shorafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Shorafa are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Other than Egypt this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Palestine, where 2 percent live.

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 Shourafa951/
El-Shorafa90310/
El Shurafa902/
El Sharafa901/
El-Shourafa868/
El Sorafy841/
El Sarafa841/
El Sharafi8010/
El-Shurafa804/
El Sarafi74214/
El Sarafy7420/
El Sarrafi704/
El-Churafa701/
El Zahrafi701/
El-Sharafi701/
El Sarrafy701/
El Zarafy6345/
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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 Shorafa
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