Âshrâf
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Âshrâf is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country, where it is the 16th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. locative name from Ashurst in Upholland (Lancs).
- EGEgypt≈1 in 397(inferred from the name graph)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 689
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 294 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 397 (inferred from the name graph)
≈340,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Egypt, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ashraf in PK Pakistan, EG Egypt, IN India and 6 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Ashurstin(measured from records)
- Ashurst Beaconand(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. locative name from Ashurst in Upholland (Lancs). There are places called Ashurst in Sussex, Surrey, Kent, and elsewhere, and early bearers are found in those counties, but the distribution shows that the modern surname is in most or all cases from Ashurst Beacon and Ashurst Hall, near Wigan.
Sources 7
- African Muslim Names
- Dictionary of Islamic Names
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Âshrâf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #16 | ≈340,000 est. | ≈1 in 689 | — | Ashraf | 150 |
| EG Egypt | #8 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 397 | — | Ashraf | 190 |
| BD Bangladesh | #138 | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | listed | Ashraf | 109 |
| CN China | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Ashraf | 13 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #102 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Ashraf | 138 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #32 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Ashraf | 135 |
| IN India | #918 | 4,148 | 1 in 320K | 4.1K | Ashraf | 146 |
| KW Kuwait | #119 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Ashraf | 65 |
| BH Bahrain | #80 | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Ashraf | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Âshrâf mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. locative name from Ashurst in Upholland (Lancs). Recorded by African Muslim Names and Dictionary of Islamic Names and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Âshrâf have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 339 thousand people named Âshrâf in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ashraf.
- How common is the name Âshrâf?
- In India, the national register counted 4,148 people named Âshrâf, about 1 in 320 thousand residents.
- How common is Âshrâf compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Âshrâf is the 16th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Âshrâf” — the 16th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.