El Tafy Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Tafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Tafy 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
Yemen7851:33,6633,095
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Tafy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Tafy is found most in Yemen. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 436,668th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 9,271,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Tafy live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most numerous in Yemen, where it is borne by 785 people, or 1 in 33,663. In Yemen El Tafy is primarily found in: Lahij Governorate, where 43 percent are found, Hadramaut Governorate, where 39 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Yemen El Tafy is found in one country. It is also found in Syria, where 0 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 Tadfy9330/
El Taify939/
El Tafey938/
El Tafay931/
El Taafy931/
El Tahafy881/
El-Tafy8673/
El Taifi80245/
El Toufy8012/
El Tafer805/
El Tawfi802/
El Tafei801/
El Tayfa801/
El Tafea801/
El Tahafi7517/
El Tofi7128/
El Tohfa671/
El Thoufi631/
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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 Tafy
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