Essef Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Essef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Essef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Essef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻒ) is most common in Brazil. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essef? popularity and diffusion
Essef is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Essef are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 60 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 40 percent live. Besides Brazil this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yessef | 91 | 940 | / |
| Esseff | 91 | 80 | / |
| Esef | 89 | 140 | / |
| Gesseff | 83 | 5 | / |
| Yoessef | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yessief | 83 | 1 | / |
| Assef | 80 | 2,393 | / |
| Yssef | 80 | 209 | / |
| Issef | 80 | 141 | / |
| Essif | 80 | 19 | / |
| Yesef | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ossef | 80 | 13 | / |
| Jesef | 80 | 11 | / |
| Eseff | 80 | 10 | / |
| Essev | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eseef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Esepf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yossef | 73 | 20,505 | / |
| Asseff | 73 | 403 | / |
| Essaif | 73 | 342 | / |
| Assefh | 73 | 78 | / |
| Hossef | 73 | 31 | / |
| Yessif | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hassef | 73 | 9 | / |
| Eshief | 73 | 7 | / |
| Essayf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gescef | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jeshef | 73 | 3 | / |
| Esseva | 73 | 2 | / |
| Euseff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jesseb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hesseb | 73 | 2 | / |
| Giesef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Asseif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Asseaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Assepf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Essehb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jeseef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geshef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heesef | 73 | 0 | / |
| Asef | 67 | 3,013 | / |
| Esev | 67 | 516 | / |
| Jesseph | 67 | 239 | / |
| Ysef | 67 | 122 | / |
| Osef | 67 | 51 | / |
| Isef | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hosseif | 67 | 35 | / |
| Eschief | 67 | 35 | / |
| Gesheff | 67 | 27 | / |
| Yosseif | 67 | 19 | / |
| Asseeff | 67 | 17 | / |
| Esew | 67 | 14 | / |
| Yosseef | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ezef | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eseb | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yoyssef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haessif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hesseiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eshesdf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jesheef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jesheff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Escheif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yessiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Exef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esjf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosseff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eshshev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hasseff | 67 | 1 | / |
Essef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Essef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻒ | alsf | - |
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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 Essef
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