El Terfi Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Terfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Terfi 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
Yemen1041:254,0899,274
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

El Terfi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Terfi has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Terfi click here.

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

The surname is the 1,544,715th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Terfi live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 254,089. In Yemen it is most common in: Taiz Governorate, where 84 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 11 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 4 percent live. Beside Yemen this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 22 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Terifi941/
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El Tereifi891/
Elterefi886/
Elterifi886/
Elterafi883/
El Trf861/
El Tarifi8256/
Elteraifi822/
Elteriefi822/
El-Terifi821/
El Tarfih821/
Eltereifi821/
El Terafy821/
El Tarf8022/
Eltrafi805/
El Derf801/
El Traf801/
Eltrefi801/
El-Teraifi785/
El Tarif75288/
Al Turfi7517/
Eltarifi7514/
El Taraf759/
El Atraf757/
Eltirafi754/
Eltraifi754/
Alterafi754/
El Trify752/
Al Torfi752/
Al Trifi752/
El Trefy751/
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Al-Terfi751/
El Taref751/
Al Tarifi711,482/
Alteraifi71202/
El Tarraf71119/
El Tarouf7117/
Eltiraifi7115/
Al Atrofi719/
Elderf719/
El Tarifa718/
Elteraify714/
Al Atrafi713/
Eltarfaia711/
Eltraf711/
Al Turifi711/
Al Traifi711/
Altrfi711/
El-Turefi711/
Al Torafi711/
Alterf711/
El Aatrif711/
El-Tarifi711/
El Darf67123/
Elterov6745/
El Tarfawy6730/
Al Turaifi675/
El Dorf674/
El Darrafi674/
Alturfi673/
Altarfi673/
Altervi672/
Altrafi672/
Elh Tarifa671/
Altorfi671/
El Tarrafy671/
ul Tarf671/
Al Atroufi671/
Elatrif671/
Eltrify671/
El Hadrifi671/
Eltrefy671/
Elderiv671/
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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 Terfi
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