Elgafy Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elgafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elgafy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7321:125,59510,096
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Elgafy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elgafy is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Elgafy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elgafy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 456,246th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,821,490 people. The surname Elgafy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elgafy are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Not including Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elafy91522/
Elatfy831,223/
Elhafy83316/
Ellafy835/
Elgafe834/
Eliafy832/
Elaffy832/
Elgafi832/
Elaafy831/
Eliafey774/
Elgafer774/
Jelafuy774/
Elgafie771/
Ellaffy771/
Elgaffi771/
Elghafi771/
Elofy73244/
Elafi73198/
Elafa7313/
Elafe731/
Elghafet715/
Elghafer714/
Elattfay714/
Elatfehy714/
Elghadfi711/
Ellafi6716,277/
Elhofy674,364/
Elyafi67577/
Elhafi67460/
Helafi67138/
Eloufy67122/
Eslafi67117/
Elaifa6716/
Elatfi6716/
Elaffi677/
Elafer675/
Elafid674/
Algafi674/
Elaafi674/
Helafa673/
Elaifi673/
Elghafeer672/
Yelafe672/
Elafed672/
Ealafa672/
Eliafa672/
Algafe672/
Eloify672/
Eliafi671/
Jelafi671/
Helafe671/
Ellafe671/
Elafie671/
Elaafa671/
Elafit671/
Elafiz671/
Ejlafi671/
Elhafa671/
Elofey671/
Elaffa671/

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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 Elgafy
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