Asheraf Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Asheraf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asheraf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
India131:59,005,029552,550
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Asheraf (217) may also be a first name.

Asheraf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asheraf is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asheraf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,979,664th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Asheraf reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 51 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 612,983rd most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 217 people.

Asheraf is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,120,177. In Pakistan Asheraf is mostly found in: Punjab, where 95 percent live and Sindh, where 5 percent live. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 30 percent live and Ethiopia, where 9 percent live.

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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 Asheraf
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