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
The surname Elshafi occurs most in Egypt. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshafi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 490,615th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. Elshafi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Elshafi live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 231,576. Without taking into account Egypt Elshafi occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent reside and Sudan, where 7 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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