El Wafai Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

El Wafai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Wafai 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
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Wafai Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Wafai is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Wafai is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of El Wafai live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,282,252. In Sweden El Wafai is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 33 percent reside, Uppsala County, where 33 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent reside and Yemen, where 20 percent reside.

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 Wafaie94239/
El Wafi934,118/
El Wafa932,708/
El Wafaa88183/
El Wafii884/
El Wasfi884/
El-Wafai883/
El Wafas881/
El Wafih881/
El Wafie881/
El Wafahe821/
El Wafy8083/
El-Wafi8020/
El Wafe801/
El Wafeeya781/
El Wafeh7564/
El Wafer756/
El Wafed754/
El Wafey751/
El Vefai751/
El Wazzfy711/
El Boufi63171/
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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 Wafai
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