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
Essef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻒ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essef? popularity and diffusion
Essef is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Essef is mostly found 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 surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 42,814,866. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 60 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 40 percent live. Outside of Brazil Essef occurs 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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