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) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Herr is the 1,994,173rd most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name El Herr is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Herr reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 47,067. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 72 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 11 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 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 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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