Asharif Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Asharif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asharif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1051:1,701,37017,526
India571:13,457,287231,997
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Asharif (124) may also be a first name.

Asharif Last Name Facts

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

Asharif (Hindi: अशरीफ, Marathi: अशाराफी) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Asharif? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,155,901st most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Asharif reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Asharif is also the 836,439th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 124 people.

Asharif is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,701,370. In Pakistan Asharif is most numerous in: Punjab, where 50 percent reside, Sindh, where 40 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent reside. Besides Pakistan it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Asharif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asharif in the Hindi language
अशरीफasaripha81.58
अशरिफasaripha13.16
आशरिफasaripha2.63
अ॰शरीफasaripha2.63
Asharif in the Marathi language
अशाराफीasaraphi28.57
अशरीफasaripha28.57
आशरीफasaripha28.57
अशारीफasaripha14.29

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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
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  • 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 Asharif
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