El Wafy Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Wafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Wafy 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
Yemen691:382,97510,262
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Wafy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Wafy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲ) is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Wafy.

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

The last name El Wafy is the 2,061,309th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. El Wafy is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of El Wafy reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 382,975. In Yemen El Wafy is mostly found in: Taiz Governorate, where 94 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent live. Beside Yemen this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 11 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 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 Wafey931/
El Wazzfy881/
El Wafi864,118/
El Wafa862,708/
El Wafe861/
El Wafaa80183/
El Wafeh8064/
El Wafer806/
El Wafai805/
El Wafed804/
El Wasfi804/
El Wafii804/
El Wafih801/
El Wafie801/
El-Wafi7120/
El-Wafai673/
El Bouffy634/
El Boufi53171/
El Vefai531/
El Bouffi50307/
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El Wafy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Wafy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲalwafy-

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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 Wafy
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