El Yafey Surname

33,632nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,787 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Yafey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Yafey 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
Yemen15,4831:1,707265
United Arab Emirates1591:57,6245,581
Oman1311:28,1522,217
Jordan141:631,60313,893

El Yafey Last Name Facts

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

El Yafey is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 33,632nd most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 461,617 people. El Yafey is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Yafey reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most numerous in Yemen, where it is borne by 15,483 people, or 1 in 1,707. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Ibb Governorate, where 23 percent are found, Taiz Governorate, where 15 percent are found and Dhamar Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Yemen this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Oman, where 1 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 Yafei8810/
El Jafey881/
El Yafiy881/
El Yafi80456/
El Jafy8022/
El Giafy753/
El Yasfi751/
El-Yafi6725/
El Jafi671/
El Jaffa631/
El Yosfi631/
El Yossfi591/
El Jadfy501/
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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 Yafey
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