Elshafee Surname
Approximately 5,259 people bear this surname
Elshafee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,807 | 1:32,752 | 3,484 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elshafee (14) may also be a first name.
Elshafee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elshafee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elshafee occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Elshafee.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshafee? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 91,040th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,385,728 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Elshafee reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The last name Elshafee is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 2,807 people, or 1 in 32,752. Not including Egypt Elshafee occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 43 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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