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

Echrif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻒ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Echrif? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 69,404. In Mauritania Echrif is mostly found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 24 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 12 percent are found and Tunisia, where 5 percent are found.

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

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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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