El Arraf Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Arraf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Arraf 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
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Arraf Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Arraf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﺮﺍﻑ) occurs most in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Arraf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 953,750th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname El Arraf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Arraf reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Mahgreb.

This last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Outside of Morocco it occurs in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.

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 Harraf9411/
El Arrafe949/
El Aarraf941/
El Araf938/
El Atraf887/
El Ajraf883/
El Harrab82586/
El Arrouf82342/
El Haraif824/
El Arab8049,196/
El Harrouf78171/
El Ajrab751,162/
El Harab7550/
El Arhab754/
El Aarab751/
El Araib751/
El Harouf712/
El-Arab67322/
El Herrouf6710/
El Hasrouf678/
El Gairouf675/
El Gayrouf674/
El-Harrouf671/
El Aroub634/
El Ayroub59105/
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El Arraf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Arraf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻋﺮﺍﻑaraf-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Arraf
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