Elwafy Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Elwafy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Elwafy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elwafy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elwafy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲ) occurs most in Egypt. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elwafy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elwafy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,115,011th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elwafy are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Aside from Egypt it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elwafy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elwafy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻓﻲ | alwafy | - |
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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 Elwafy
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