El Shorfa Surname
Approximately 1,022 people bear this surname
El Shorfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 733 | 1:36,051 | 3,250 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
El Shorfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Shorfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Shorfa occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Shorfa.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shorfa? popularity and diffusion
El Shorfa is the 355,667th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,130,671 people. The last name El Shorfa occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of El Shorfa live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
It is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 733 people, or 1 in 36,051. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Hajjah Governorate, where 51 percent are found, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 23 percent are found and Al Bayda Governorate, where 14 percent are found. Not including Yemen this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 24 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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