El-Her Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El-Her Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Her.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Her Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Her Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Her Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Her is found most in Mauritania. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Her? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of El-Her are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania El-Her is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 33 percent reside. Not including Mauritania El-Her occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Kher9216/
El-Herz926/
El-Herd921/
El-Kheir86240/
El-Kheïr867/
El Her831,118/
El-Etr83251/
El-Hej831/
El Kher77860/
El Herd77137/
El Herr7788/
El Here7758/
El-Heit7712/
El Heir779/
El Herz773/
El-Khir773/
El Hert771/
El-Ha731/
El Kheir716,354/
El Kheïr71293/
El-Khair7185/
El Khere7134/
El-Hajje7113/
El-Heich7113/
El Kheyr714/
El Kheer714/
El Herre713/
El Kheîr711/
El-Heish711/
El-Khère711/
El-Chair711/
El-Haj673,630/
El Esr67380/
El Etr67315/
El-Ezz67184/
El-Esh67123/
El-Eid6736/
El-Hai6725/
El Kheire6717/
El Che6712/
El Hir6711/
El-Hay677/
El Hed676/
El Hey674/
El-Hih672/
El Jer672/
El-Eas671/
El-Itr671/
El-Ees671/
El Kheyre671/
El Hez671/
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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 El-Her
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