Amashan Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Amashan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Amashan (9) may also be a first name.
Amashan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amashan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amashan (Hindi: अमशां, Marathi: अमाषण, Oriya: ଆମଷନ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amashan? popularity and diffusion
Amashan is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Amashan reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 9 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Amashan is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amashan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amashan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆମଷନ | amasana | - |
| Amashan in the Hindi language | ||
| अमशां | amasam | 50 |
| अमशान | amasana | 50 |
| Amashan in the Marathi language | ||
| अमाषण | amasana | 33.33 |
| अमशनाहीम | amasanahima | 16.67 |
| अमशन | amasana | 16.67 |
| एमशन | emasana | 16.67 |
| आमशान | amasana | 16.67 |
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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 Amashan
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