Elwafa Surname

434,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elwafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elwafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7631:120,4929,804
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Elwafa (628) may also be a first name.

Elwafa Last Name Facts

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

Elwafa is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elwafa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elwafa is the 434,913th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,224,742 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Elwafa reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 332,375th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 628 people.

The last name Elwafa is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 763 people, or 1 in 120,492. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elwafai922/
Elwafay921/
Elwaffa921/
Elwadfa921/
Elwafi831,048/
Alwafa83870/
Elwafy83218/
Elwafe834/
Alwafai7729/
Alwafaa775/
Alwafah774/
Elwasfi773/
Alwafay771/
Elwafit771/
Alwaffai711/
Eluefa671/
Alwafou621/
Elvahvah5712/

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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 Elwafa
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