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
Average Akashi Salary in
United States
$51,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akashi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 19,791st most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 263,469 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Akashi live; 93 percent live in East Asia and 93 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Akashi is also the 71,148th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 7,992 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 25,691 people, or 1 in 4,976. In Japan it is most frequent in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 11 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Besides Japan Akashi exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent live and Bangladesh, where 1 percent live.
Akashi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Akashi last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the 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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