As Surname
5,473rd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 103,546 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia
As Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 33,249 | 1:3,978 | 499 |
| Saudi Arabia | 30,210 | 1:1,021 | 82 |
| India | 6,087 | 1:126,017 | 8,114 |
| Iraq | 5,051 | 1:6,934 | 610 |
| Turkey | 4,067 | 1:19,135 | 2,296 |
| Egypt | 3,905 | 1:23,543 | 2,663 |
| Vietnam | 3,385 | 1:27,370 | 430 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,955 | 1:3,101 | 394 |
| Bangladesh | 2,343 | 1:68,014 | 3,342 |
| Morocco | 1,738 | 1:19,837 | 3,067 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Oman | 1,224 | 1:3,013 | 447 |
| Algeria | 762 | 1:50,698 | 8,759 |
| Pakistan | 694 | 1:257,412 | 5,753 |
| Qatar | 680 | 1:3,468 | 346 |
| Israel | 663 | 1:12,907 | 1,974 |
| Malaysia | 466 | 1:63,292 | 4,711 |
| Kuwait | 424 | 1:8,964 | 1,244 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Portugal | 264 | 1:39,463 | 2,350 |
| Norway | 249 | 1:20,652 | 2,651 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Brazil | 203 | 1:1,054,553 | 37,070 |
| Iran | 185 | 1:415,041 | 26,306 |
| Netherlands | 162 | 1:104,242 | 16,843 |
| Thailand | 151 | 1:467,804 | 81,807 |
| Taiwan | 148 | 1:158,410 | 1,401 |
| Denmark | 144 | 1:39,199 | 4,091 |
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Singapore | 90 | 1:61,197 | 2,397 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Mexico | 77 | 1:1,612,029 | 16,852 |
| England | 74 | 1:752,947 | 41,527 |
| Spain | 74 | 1:631,784 | 28,875 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Cambodia | 56 | 1:276,556 | 3,395 |
| Lebanon | 55 | 1:102,492 | 6,062 |
| Guatemala | 54 | 1:297,827 | 4,502 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Italy | 43 | 1:1,422,249 | 79,532 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Poland | 41 | 1:927,043 | 69,048 |
| China | 40 | 1:34,183,039 | 1,815 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Moldova | 34 | 1:104,746 | 12,442 |
| Colombia | 32 | 1:1,492,940 | 10,821 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Syria | 17 | 1:1,135,354 | 7,033 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Yemen | 16 | 1:1,651,581 | 12,512 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Lithuania | 12 | 1:252,882 | 15,705 |
| Greenland | 11 | 1:5,125 | 525 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Northern Cyprus | 9 | 1:35,446 | 7,326 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Romania | 8 | 1:2,509,734 | 55,065 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Serbia | 7 | 1:1,020,707 | 29,076 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Aš (42), Aş (4), Ás (2) & Às (1) are calculated separately.
As (73,323) may also be a first name.
As Demographics
As Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sample size: 45 (2014)
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
As Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name As Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name As (Arabic: عس, Hindi: आस, Marathi: आस, Oriya: ଆସ, Tibetan: ཨཱས་) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Aš, Aş, Ás or Às. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name As? popularity and diffusion
The last name As is the 5,473rd most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,380 people. The last name As occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of As live; 43 percent live in West Asia and 35 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. As is also the 13,349th most numerous forename worldwide. It is borne by 73,323 people.
As is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 33,249 people, or 1 in 3,978. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 25 percent live, East Java, where 12 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 6 percent live. Aside from Indonesia As is found in 160 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
As Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the As last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
The amount As earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.66% less than the national average, earning R 181,404 per year; in United States they earn 15.73% more than the national average, earning $49,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.51% more than the national average, earning $57,387 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aš | 83 | 42 | / |
| Aş | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ás | 83 | 2 | / |
| Às | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ash | 80 | 68,185 | / |
| Asd | 80 | 24,106 | / |
| Has | 80 | 19,866 | / |
| Aas | 80 | 11,285 | / |
| Gas | 80 | 10,351 | / |
| Ase | 80 | 9,457 | / |
| Asp | 80 | 6,363 | / |
| Ais | 80 | 5,826 | / |
| Ast | 80 | 5,563 | / |
| Ass | 80 | 3,489 | / |
| Aus | 80 | 2,902 | / |
| Ays | 80 | 1,496 | / |
| Eas | 80 | 728 | / |
| Ads | 80 | 434 | / |
| Ahs | 80 | 358 | / |
| Ats | 80 | 223 | / |
| Ajs | 80 | 69 | / |
| Asz | 80 | 51 | / |
| Axs | 80 | 39 | / |
| Asj | 80 | 19 | / |
| Azs | 80 | 17 | / |
| Asc | 80 | 12 | / |
| Aís | 80 | 4 | / |
| Aså | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aïs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Asx | 80 | 2 | / |
| Asì | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asȍ | 80 | 1 | / |
| Açs | 80 | 1 | / |
| A'S | 80 | 1 | / |
| A | 67 | 309,237 | / |
| Haas | 67 | 167,605 | / |
| Hays | 67 | 54,281 | / |
| Hase | 67 | 45,839 | / |
| East | 67 | 38,512 | / |
| Atse | 67 | 23,264 | / |
| Hass | 67 | 22,582 | / |
| Gaus | 67 | 18,733 | / |
| Gass | 67 | 18,732 | / |
| Ashe | 67 | 18,647 | / |
| Asse | 67 | 16,102 | / |
| Aust | 67 | 16,074 | / |
| Hash | 67 | 15,603 | / |
| Eads | 67 | 12,099 | / |
| Haus | 67 | 7,607 | / |
| Aase | 67 | 5,370 | / |
| Gaas | 67 | 5,304 | / |
| Gash | 67 | 5,112 | / |
| Aish | 67 | 3,781 | / |
| Aise | 67 | 3,714 | / |
| Asch | 67 | 2,727 | / |
| Hast | 67 | 2,620 | / |
| Eash | 67 | 2,335 | / |
| Hais | 67 | 1,819 | / |
| Gais | 67 | 1,397 | / |
| Hats | 67 | 1,151 | / |
| Hahs | 67 | 1,039 | / |
| Aass | 67 | 825 | / |
| Gasz | 67 | 820 | / |
| Adss | 67 | 711 | / |
| Hasz | 67 | 687 | / |
| Adds | 67 | 641 | / |
| Gays | 67 | 589 | / |
| Hasp | 67 | 401 | / |
| Ause | 67 | 394 | / |
| Atsh | 67 | 349 | / |
| Aash | 67 | 327 | / |
| Heas | 67 | 269 | / |
| Ahas | 67 | 251 | / |
| Ahus | 67 | 227 | / |
| Aasd | 67 | 185 | / |
| Aiss | 67 | 146 | / |
| Aush | 67 | 141 | / |
| Asds | 67 | 134 | / |
| Haás | 67 | 131 | / |
| Aits | 67 | 103 | / |
| Auts | 67 | 97 | / |
| Aist | 67 | 96 | / |
| Atts | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ashd | 67 | 79 | / |
| Asdd | 67 | 72 | / |
| Aysh | 67 | 67 | / |
| Ayse | 67 | 63 | / |
| Asht | 67 | 63 | / |
| Assd | 67 | 62 | / |
| Ahsh | 67 | 52 | / |
| Hajs | 67 | 50 | / |
| Hads | 67 | 39 | / |
| Aais | 67 | 38 | / |
| Aids | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ausz | 67 | 33 | / |
| Hľas | 67 | 32 | / |
| Asph | 67 | 32 | / |
| Aths | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ausd | 67 | 29 | / |
| Aahs | 67 | 24 | / |
| Assh | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hasd | 67 | 20 | / |
| Adås | 67 | 19 | / |
| Asdt | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ease | 67 | 17 | / |
| Adsh | 67 | 17 | / |
| Auss | 67 | 16 | / |
| Adsd | 67 | 14 | / |
| Aspø | 67 | 13 | / |
| Adse | 67 | 12 | / |
| Aisz | 67 | 10 | / |
| Aizs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eass | 67 | 9 | / |
| Asss | 67 | 8 | / |
| Astt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aast | 67 | 7 | / |
| Asst | 67 | 6 | / |
| Assz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aszt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aaas | 67 | 6 | / |
| D'As | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ausp | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ahss | 67 | 5 | / |
| Asce | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayss | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gajs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aisp | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ashh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Asdj | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eats | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aasø | 67 | 4 | / |
| Asxs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Easc | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ashs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Assp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Assc | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aats | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ahís | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aisd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Assj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Adts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hasc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hasx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ajsj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Auds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aïss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haïs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Azsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aads | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gasj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ausj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Easd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahzs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahsc | 67 | 2 | / |
| A'As | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hazs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Easj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Easz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eazs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayjs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aspp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaîs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haís | 67 | 1 | / |
| Háas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haÿs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asìs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Axås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aîse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hasj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aczs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aasc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aasj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aasx | 67 | 1 | / |
| A'Se | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajsd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aixs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aisx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahsp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aijs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Easp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Easx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ascz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asdz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asjz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azjs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azsd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azsj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aysc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Axzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Axsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aujs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Auys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asxx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Astd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aszj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aszp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaïs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haxs | 67 | 1 | / |
As Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| As in the Hindi language | ||
| आस | asa | 98.57 |
| अस् | as | 0.03 |
| As in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆସ | asa | 78.78 |
| ଆଶ | asa | 7.27 |
| ଆସ୍ | as | 5.23 |
| ଅସ | asa | 4.94 |
| ଅସ୍ | as | 1.74 |
| ଆଶ୍ | as | 1.45 |
| ଏସ୍ | es | 0.58 |
| As in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨཱས་ | é | 71.43 |
| ཨས་ | é | 14.29 |
| ཨེས་ | é | 14.29 |
| As in the Marathi language | ||
| आस | asa | 70.6 |
| अस | asa | 29.4 |
| As in the Arabic language | ||
| عس | s | - |
| سع | s | - |
| عص | s | - |
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