Al Ash Surname
Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname
Al Ash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 550 | 1:10,249 | 1,541 |
| Tunisia | 178 | 1:3,430 | 500 |
| Palestine | 95 | 1:47,883 | 5,001 |
| Yemen | 68 | 1:388,607 | 10,329 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| United Arab Emirates | 64 | 1:143,161 | 11,536 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Al Ash Demographics
Al Ash Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Ash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Ash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Ash occurs more in Lebanon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Ash? popularity and diffusion
The last name Al Ash is the 349,405th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,973,728 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Al Ash live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Levant.
The last name Al Ash is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 10,249. In Lebanon it is primarily found in: North Governorate, where 86 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 8 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Lebanon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 17 percent live and Palestine, where 9 percent live.
Al Ash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
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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
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