Echrif Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Echrif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Echrif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania591:69,4044,742
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Echrif (89) may also be a first name.

Echrif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Echrif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Echrif? popularity and diffusion

The last name Echrif is the 2,136,387th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Echrif are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 89 people.

Echrif is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 69,404. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 24 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 15 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent reside and Tunisia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Echreif923/
Echrife921/
Echchrif861/
Echriv8320/
Ichrif8313/
Achrif837/
Echref831/
Eshrif831/
Ekhrif831/
Echreiv7712/
Ekhrife771/
Hachrif771/
Achraif771/
Etchriv771/
Icrif731/
Ejrif731/
Aitchrif711/
Aicherif711/
Eshref67318/
Achref67101/
Ishrif6742/
Escriv6732/
Ichref672/
Achriv671/
Ejreif671/

Echrif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Echrif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒashryf65.08
ﺃﺷﺮﻳﻒashryf23.81
ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻒalshryf9.52

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Echrif
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