El Herr Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Herr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Herr 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
Mauritania871:47,0673,494
England11:55,718,059489,080

El Herr Last Name Facts

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

El Herr (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name El Herr is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Herr are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Herr is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 47,067. In Mauritania El Herr is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 72 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 11 percent live and Trarza Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live.

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 Herre933/
El Her921,118/
El Kher86860/
El Herd86137/
El Here8658/
El Heir869/
El Herz863/
El Hert861/
El Kheir806,354/
El Kheïr80293/
El Khere8034/
El Kheer804/
El Kheyr804/
El Hirre801/
El Kheîr801/
El Esr77380/
El Etr77315/
El Che7712/
El Hir7711/
El Hed776/
El-Her774/
El Hey774/
El Jer772/
El Hez771/
El Kheire7517/
El Kheyre751/
El Hair712,187/
El Khir71545/
El Heit71127/
El Hess7131/
El Khér7119/
El-Kher7116/
El Khey7113/
El Hajr719/
El-Herz716/
El Hirh714/
El Hayr714/
El Hire714/
El Hedh711/
El Head711/
El Heah711/
El-Herd711/
El Khei711/
El Chej711/
El Khair674,890/
El Jr671,586/
El-Kheir67240/
El Ha67160/
El Khayr6799/
El Es6732/
El Hajje6717/
El Heich6715/
El Cheij6710/
El Heish678/
El-Kheïr677/
El Je675/
El Khire674/
El Chair673/
El Khéyr671/
El Haije671/
El Khoir671/
El Heytt671/
El Ez671/
El Ge671/
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El Herr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Herr in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺮalhr-

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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 Herr
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