Hefzy Surname

163,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Hefzy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hefzy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,4101:38,1483,949
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Hefzy (18) may also be a first name.

Hefzy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hefzy has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hefzy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 163,013th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,733,513 people. The last name Hefzy occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Hefzy are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Hefzy is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Hefzy is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 2,410 people, or 1 in 38,148. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hefzi80574/
Hafzy8015/
Hevzy806/
Hephzy738/
Hafzay733/
Hefsey731/
Efziay731/
Hifdzy731/
Efza677/
Efxy672/
Cheafsy671/
Efsy671/
Jfzy671/
Ifzy671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hefzy
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