Akashi Surname
Approximately 27,660 people bear this surname
Akashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 25,691 | 1:4,976 | 795 |
| Iran | 628 | 1:122,265 | 11,358 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Brazil | 272 | 1:787,038 | 28,581 |
| United States | 198 | 1:1,830,601 | 119,637 |
| Iraq | 126 | 1:277,950 | 5,710 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1:313,171 | 10,344 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Akashi (7,992) may also be a first name.
Akashi Demographics
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Akashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akashi (Arabic: اكاشي, Bengali: আকাশী, Hindi: आकाशी, Marathi: आकाशी, Oriya: ଆକାଶୀ, Russian: Акаши) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akashi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 19,791st most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 263,469 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Akashi reside; 93 percent reside in East Asia and 93 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 71,148th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 7,992 people.
The last name Akashi is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 25,691 people, or 1 in 4,976. In Japan Akashi is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Besides Japan this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent live and Bangladesh, where 1 percent live.
Akashi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Akashi last name is principally Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Akashi surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
Akashi earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.13% more than the national average, earning $51,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akashi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akashi in the Marathi language | ||
| आकाशी | akasi | 87.38 |
| आकािश | akaisa | 4.65 |
| आकशी | akasi | 2.66 |
| अकाशी | akasi | 1.33 |
| आकाशीापा | akasiapa | 0.66 |
| िवकास | ivakasa | 0.66 |
| अकािश | akaisa | 0.33 |
| एकाशी | ekasi | 0.33 |
| Akashi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆକାଶୀ | akasi | 63.33 |
| ଆକାଶି | akasi | 33.33 |
| ଅକାଶ | akasa | 3.33 |
| Akashi in the Bengali language | ||
| আকাশী | akasi | 62.5 |
| অকাশী | akasi | 37.5 |
| Akashi in the Hindi language | ||
| आकाशी | akasi | 54.74 |
| अकाशी | akasi | 43.8 |
| एकाशी | ekasi | 0.73 |
| आकशी | akasi | 0.73 |
| Akashi in the Russian language | ||
| Акаши | akasi | - |
| Akashi in the Arabic language | ||
| اكاشي | akashy | - |
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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 Akashi
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