Elftah Surname

396,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elftah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Elftah 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
Egypt8851:103,8828,743
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Elftah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elftah is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elftah? popularity and diffusion

Elftah is the 396,198th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,188,254 people. Elftah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elftah reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is held by 885 people, or 1 in 103,882. Barring Egypt it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 0 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 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
Elfttah92214/
Elftaah929/
Alftah83187/
Elftoh839/
Elftat834/
Elvtah832/
Elhfta831/
Elftouh77704/
Alftayh771/
Alfttah771/
Alfta734/
Alftha671/
Elftoz671/
Alftouh621/
Olfto551/
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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 Elftah
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