Elshafi Surname
Approximately 675 people bear this surname
Elshafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Elshafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elshafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elshafi is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Elshafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elshafi is the 490,615th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. The surname Elshafi occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Elshafi reside; 67 percent reside in North Africa and 67 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
Elshafi is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 231,576. Outside of Egypt this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent are found and Sudan, where 7 percent are found.
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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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