Ashraf Surname
Approximately 1,315,568 people bear this surname
Ashraf Surname User-submission:
Ashraf means 'most honourable one' in Arabic. Used by both Muslims and Christians, usually Arabs, alike. However, the surname is common upon those of Arab descent living in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Ashraf Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 848,693 | 1:210 | 24 |
Egypt | 275,362 | 1:334 | 25 |
Bangladesh | 48,754 | 1:3,269 | 312 |
India | 47,239 | 1:16,238 | 1,309 |
Saudi Arabia | 20,988 | 1:1,470 | 150 |
Iran | 12,667 | 1:6,062 | 831 |
United Arab Emirates | 10,894 | 1:841 | 92 |
Afghanistan | 10,432 | 1:3,082 | 331 |
Sudan | 7,840 | 1:4,784 | 686 |
England | 5,593 | 1:9,962 | 1,467 |
Yemen | 3,427 | 1:7,711 | 1,026 |
Oman | 2,894 | 1:1,274 | 177 |
United States | 2,572 | 1:140,925 | 14,640 |
Kuwait | 2,449 | 1:1,552 | 181 |
Sri Lanka | 2,120 | 1:9,815 | 1,429 |
Qatar | 2,097 | 1:1,124 | 78 |
Malaysia | 1,246 | 1:23,671 | 2,147 |
Iraq | 1,242 | 1:28,198 | 1,411 |
Israel | 966 | 1:8,859 | 1,377 |
Bahrain | 940 | 1:1,435 | 202 |
Canada | 806 | 1:45,714 | 5,620 |
Spain | 697 | 1:67,076 | 6,002 |
Maldives | 585 | 1:691 | 80 |
Scotland | 501 | 1:10,686 | 1,462 |
Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
France | 310 | 1:214,267 | 33,331 |
Thailand | 297 | 1:237,840 | 40,329 |
Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
Norway | 243 | 1:21,162 | 2,737 |
Germany | 197 | 1:408,657 | 37,472 |
Australia | 190 | 1:142,083 | 15,253 |
Denmark | 168 | 1:33,599 | 3,470 |
Wales | 148 | 1:20,909 | 2,227 |
Greece | 142 | 1:78,027 | 13,128 |
Uganda | 136 | 1:287,054 | 20,278 |
South Africa | 132 | 1:410,437 | 35,867 |
Tanzania | 132 | 1:401,073 | 28,352 |
Netherlands | 130 | 1:129,901 | 20,177 |
Kenya | 120 | 1:384,832 | 21,900 |
Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
Sweden | 78 | 1:126,240 | 8,954 |
Belgium | 76 | 1:151,272 | 21,156 |
Ireland | 72 | 1:65,402 | 4,223 |
Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
Northern Ireland | 49 | 1:37,654 | 3,578 |
Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
Libya | 49 | 1:127,428 | 674 |
Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
Syria | 37 | 1:521,649 | 5,346 |
Jordan | 30 | 1:294,748 | 10,946 |
New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
Palestine | 18 | 1:252,714 | 10,113 |
Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Ashraf (1,121,045) may also be a first name.
Ashraf Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ashraf means 'most honourable one' in Arabic. Used by both Muslims and Christians, usually Arabs, alike. However, the surname is common upon those of Arab descent living in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- amnaahasaniAshraf Demographics
Average Male Ashraf Height
173.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ashraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashraf (Arabic: الاشرف, Bengali: আশরফ, Dhivehi: އަޝްރަފ, Hindi: अशरफ, Marathi: अशरफ़, Oriya: ଅସରଫ, Russian: Ашраф) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ashraf.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashraf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ashraf is the 392nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,539 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Ashraf are found; 74 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 755th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 1,121,045 people.
It is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 848,693 people, or 1 in 210. In Pakistan Ashraf is most numerous in: Punjab, where 78 percent live, Sindh, where 11 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name exists in 111 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 21 percent live and Bangladesh, where 4 percent live.
Ashraf Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ashraf last name is chiefly Maronite (40%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Ashraf surname are 3.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.17% registered with the political party.
The amount Ashraf earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.56% less than the national average, earning 278,386 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.13% more than the national average, earning R 328,248 per year; in United States they earn 19.92% more than the national average, earning $51,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.82% more than the national average, earning $52,576 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashraf Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Ashraf in the Bengali language | ||
আশরফ | asarapha | - |
Ashraf in the Hindi language | ||
अशरफ | asarapha | 98.18 |
अशरफ़ | asarafa | 0.83 |
अश्रफ | asrapha | 0.32 |
असरफ | asarapha | 0.28 |
अशराफ | asarapha | 0.15 |
आशरफ | asarapha | 0.11 |
अशर | asara | 0.02 |
अश्रफ़ | asrafa | 0.01 |
अशरफ् | asaraph | 0.01 |
अश़रफ़ | asarafa | 0.01 |
अश्राफ | asrapha | 0.01 |
आश्रफ | asrapha | 0.01 |
़अशरफ | asarapha | 0.01 |
असरव | asarava | 0 |
अशऱफ | asarapha | 0 |
अषरफ | asarapha | 0 |
अशरफॅ | asaraphe | 0 |
अशरफ़ | asarafa | 0 |
अशरफी | asaraphi | 0 |
Ashraf in the Dhivehi language | ||
އަޝްރަފ | asraf | 66.67 |
ުއަޝްރަފް | uasraf | 33.33 |
Ashraf in the Oriya language | ||
ଅସରଫ | asarapha | 51.22 |
ଅଶରଫ | asarapha | 14.63 |
ଆଶରଫ | asarapha | 9.76 |
ଆସରଫ | asarapha | 7.32 |
ଅସରଫ୍ | asaraph | 4.88 |
ଅଶରଫ୍ | asaraph | 2.44 |
ଅସରାଫ | asarapha | 2.44 |
ଆସରଫ୍ | asaraph | 2.44 |
ଅସରଫି | asaraphi | 2.44 |
ଆଶ୍ରାଫ୍ | asraph | 2.44 |
Ashraf in the Marathi language | ||
अशरफ़ | asarafa | 44.44 |
अशरक | asaraka | 16.67 |
अशराज | asaraja | 5.56 |
असरफ़ | asarafa | 5.56 |
अशरत | asarata | 5.56 |
असरात | asarata | 5.56 |
अशरज | asaraja | 5.56 |
असरब | asaraba | 5.56 |
असहरफ | asaharapha | 5.56 |
Ashraf in the Russian language | ||
Ашраф | asraf | - |
Ashraf in the Arabic language | ||
الاشرف | alashrf | - |
أشرف | ashrf | - |
اشرف | ashrf | - |
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