El Yafi Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Yafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Yafi 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
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
France201:3,321,136213,627
England91:6,190,895170,599
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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El Yafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Yafi occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 659,458th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of El Yafi live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Mahgreb.

The last name El Yafi is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Beside Morocco this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 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 Yafei9310/
El Yafiy931/
El Yasfi931/
El-Yafi8625/
El Jafi861/
El Yafey8015,787/
El Yosfi801/
El Yossfi751/
El Jafy7122/
El Giafy673/
El Jaffa671/
El Jafey671/
El Jouhfi631/
El Jadfy531/
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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 Yafi
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