Asa Surname
Approximately 51,242 people bear this surname
Asa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 9,282 | 1:17,168 | 1,273 |
| Indonesia | 7,785 | 1:16,988 | 2,097 |
| India | 5,763 | 1:133,102 | 8,517 |
| Nigeria | 4,605 | 1:38,467 | 3,095 |
| Turkey | 2,978 | 1:26,132 | 2,970 |
| Philippines | 2,682 | 1:37,747 | 5,813 |
| Thailand | 2,625 | 1:26,910 | 2,557 |
| Japan | 2,222 | 1:57,536 | 4,396 |
| Afghanistan | 2,153 | 1:14,934 | 874 |
| DR Congo | 1,881 | 1:39,277 | 4,849 |
| Iran | 1,401 | 1:54,806 | 6,021 |
| Egypt | 1,129 | 1:81,431 | 7,252 |
| Israel | 1,046 | 1:8,181 | 1,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,016 | 1:8,025 | 608 |
| Pakistan | 949 | 1:188,244 | 4,690 |
| United States | 672 | 1:539,373 | 44,730 |
| Vietnam | 643 | 1:144,084 | 841 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Malaysia | 468 | 1:63,022 | 4,688 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Iraq | 414 | 1:84,593 | 2,711 |
| United Arab Emirates | 218 | 1:42,029 | 4,348 |
| Jordan | 176 | 1:50,241 | 5,049 |
| Cameroon | 145 | 1:143,235 | 15,918 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Solomon Islands | 122 | 1:4,754 | 623 |
| Argentina | 102 | 1:419,053 | 31,889 |
| North Macedonia | 101 | 1:20,807 | 2,806 |
| Uganda | 79 | 1:494,168 | 28,468 |
| Brazil | 74 | 1:2,892,896 | 85,224 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Palestine | 53 | 1:85,827 | 6,515 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Kenya | 33 | 1:1,399,391 | 35,649 |
| Lebanon | 32 | 1:176,159 | 7,943 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Colombia | 26 | 1:1,837,464 | 11,767 |
| Albania | 24 | 1:121,419 | 10,681 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Yemen | 13 | 1:2,032,715 | 13,240 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 132 | 1:380,445 | 28,529 |
Asa (410,689) may also be a first name.
Asa Demographics
Asa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asa (Arabic: ساء, Bengali: আসা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺻﺎ, Hindi: आसा, Marathi: आसा, Oriya: ଆଶା) is found most in Bangladesh. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,957th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,218 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Asa live; 38 percent live in South Asia and 27 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Asa is also the 2,510th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 410,689 people.
The surname is most common in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 9,282 people, or 1 in 17,168. Barring Bangladesh this surname exists in 107 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Asa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Asa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Asa last name increased 509 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Asa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya, Sunni (89%) in Lebanon and Muslim (54%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Asa are 30.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.15% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Asa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.03% less than the national average, earning R 171,036 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.62% more than the national average, earning $26,702,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.08% more than the national average, earning $44,477 USD per year and in Canada they earn 74.51% more than the national average, earning $86,704 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asa in the Hindi language | ||
| आसा | asa | 97.08 |
| असा | asa | 1.52 |
| आस | asa | 0.65 |
| आशा | asa | 0.49 |
| आषा | asa | 0.11 |
| अश | asa | 0.03 |
| ासा | asa | 0.03 |
| Asa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶା | asa | 90.42 |
| ଆସା | asa | 4.41 |
| ଆଶ | asa | 2.9 |
| ଅଶା | asa | 0.76 |
| ଆସ | asa | 0.32 |
| ଆଷା | asa | 0.23 |
| ଅସା | asa | 0.03 |
| ଅଷା | asa | 0.01 |
| Asa in the Marathi language | ||
| आसा | asa | 88.5 |
| असा | asa | 10 |
| आशा | asa | 1.5 |
| Asa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺻﺎ | asa | 50 |
| ﺃﺻﻪ | ash | 50 |
| Asa in the Bengali language | ||
| আসা | asa | 50 |
| আশা | asa | 50 |
| Asa in the Arabic language | ||
| ساء | sa | - |
| سا | sa | - |
| العاسي | alasy | - |
| عصا | sa | - |
| صا | sa | - |
| عسا | sa | - |
| آسا | asa | - |
| آسي | asy | - |
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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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