Erahel Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Erahel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erahel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erahel (24) may also be a first name.

Erahel Last Name Facts

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

Erahel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺣﻞ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Erahel.

How Common Is The Last Name Erahel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Erahel occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Erahel live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Erahel is also the 2,187,323rd most common given name globally It is held by 24 people.

The surname Erahel is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania Erahel is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 77 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 8 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Errahel9216/
Erahell921/
Erael9161/
Herael838/
Eraele831/
Eurael831/
Errahil7716/
Harahel772/
Esraael771/
Eesrael771/
Ejrahil771/
Ejraeel771/
Eroel73142/
Irael7323/
Orael7317/
Arael7312/
Eisraele711/
Eijraeel711/
Erhayiel711/
Ijrael6716/
Orahil679/
Irrael677/
Arahil676/
Hirael672/
Irahil671/
Iorael671/
Airael671/
Aarael671/
Erroel671/
Oreael671/
Ajrael671/
Harael670/

Erahel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Erahel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺣﻞalrahl-

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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 Erahel
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