Elshafiey Surname

453,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elshafiey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elshafiey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7321:125,59510,096
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elshafiey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elshafiey occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elshafiey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elshafiey is the 453,475th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 9,742,708 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Elshafiey live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Besides Egypt it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elshafiey
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