Asad Surname
Approximately 183,438 people bear this surname
Asad Surname User-submission:
The surname Asad comes from the Arabic root أ-س-د (a-s-d), which means 'lion' or 'bravery'.
Asad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 49,533 | 1:3,607 | 391 |
| Bangladesh | 32,262 | 1:4,939 | 453 |
| Iran | 23,842 | 1:3,220 | 416 |
| Somalia | 13,479 | 1:998 | 107 |
| Iraq | 9,269 | 1:3,778 | 400 |
| Egypt | 8,451 | 1:10,879 | 1,298 |
| India | 8,001 | 1:95,871 | 6,331 |
| Syria | 6,308 | 1:3,060 | 367 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,241 | 1:4,944 | 668 |
| Afghanistan | 5,719 | 1:5,622 | 504 |
| Indonesia | 3,989 | 1:33,153 | 3,890 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,642 | 1:3,468 | 432 |
| United States | 1,360 | 1:266,514 | 25,089 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Philippines | 987 | 1:102,572 | 17,844 |
| Kuwait | 955 | 1:3,980 | 524 |
| England | 559 | 1:99,675 | 10,532 |
| Argentina | 545 | 1:78,428 | 6,630 |
| Israel | 531 | 1:16,116 | 2,417 |
| Qatar | 412 | 1:5,723 | 597 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Bahrain | 367 | 1:3,675 | 626 |
| Oman | 275 | 1:13,411 | 1,520 |
| Canada | 263 | 1:140,097 | 14,419 |
| Lebanon | 203 | 1:27,769 | 2,958 |
| Sweden | 131 | 1:75,166 | 5,627 |
| Kenya | 130 | 1:355,230 | 20,851 |
| Spain | 126 | 1:371,048 | 20,817 |
| Russia | 112 | 1:1,286,813 | 92,220 |
| Vietnam | 91 | 1:1,018,089 | 1,879 |
| Jordan | 79 | 1:111,930 | 7,430 |
| Malaysia | 79 | 1:373,345 | 19,730 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Azerbaijan | 57 | 1:169,283 | 4,750 |
| Maldives | 49 | 1:8,248 | 685 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Turkmenistan | 46 | 1:119,329 | 2,383 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Yemen | 32 | 1:825,790 | 11,280 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| China | 23 | 1:59,448,764 | 3,236 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 1:387,717 | 18,370 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 17 | 1:6,493 | 987 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Palestine | 12 | 1:379,071 | 11,768 |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | 1:295,845 | 2,647 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Asad (520,994) may also be a first name.
Asad Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Asad comes from the Arabic root أ-س-د (a-s-d), which means 'lion' or 'bravery'.
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Asad Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Asad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asad Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asad (Arabic: إسعد, Bengali: আছাদ, Georgian: ასად, Hindi: असद, Marathi: असद, Oriya: ଅସଦ, Russian: Асад) occurs most in Pakistan. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Asad click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asad? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asad is the 3,068th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 39,728 people. The surname Asad is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of Asad live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,932nd most numerous forename in the world, held by 520,994 people.
It is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 49,533 people, or 1 in 3,607. In Pakistan Asad is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 52 percent live, Sindh, where 23 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent live. Besides Pakistan it exists in 111 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 18 percent live and Iran, where 13 percent live.
Asad Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Asad last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Alawite (50%) in Lebanon and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Asad surname are 1.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.22% registered with the political party.
The amount Asad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.22% less than the national average, earning 244,954 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 159.86% more than the national average, earning R 617,532 per year; in United States they earn 13.09% more than the national average, earning $48,799 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.8% less than the national average, earning $48,293 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asad in the Georgian language | ||
| ასად | asad | - |
| Asad in the Hindi language | ||
| असद | asada | 88.15 |
| प्रसाद | prasada | 5.08 |
| असाद | asada | 1.98 |
| आसद | asada | 1.72 |
| आसाद | asada | 1.26 |
| असाड | asada | 0.6 |
| अशद | asada | 0.11 |
| अस्अद | asada | 0.08 |
| असद़ | asada | 0.03 |
| असाड़ | asara | 0.03 |
| ़असद | asada | 0.02 |
| असल | asala | 0.01 |
| आसाड | asada | 0.01 |
| एसाद | esada | 0.01 |
| अस्द | asda | 0.01 |
| अशाद | asada | 0.01 |
| Asad in the Marathi language | ||
| असद | asada | 76.79 |
| आसद | asada | 15.33 |
| असाद | asada | 3.22 |
| आसाद | asada | 1.62 |
| अशद | asada | 0.18 |
| असड | asada | 0.12 |
| असाड | asada | 0.09 |
| आशद | asada | 0.06 |
| ासाद | asada | 0.06 |
| असदु | asadu | 0.03 |
| सद | sada | 0.03 |
| आसाड | asada | 0.03 |
| Asad in the Bengali language | ||
| আছাদ | achada | 55 |
| এসাদ | esada | 25 |
| আসাদ | asada | 10 |
| আসদ | asada | 10 |
| Asad in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅସଦ | asada | 47.92 |
| ଆସାଦ | asada | 17.36 |
| ଆସଦ | asada | 7.64 |
| ଅସଦ୍ | asad | 6.94 |
| ଆଷାଡ | asada | 4.86 |
| ଆସାଡ | asada | 3.47 |
| ଆଶାଦ | asada | 2.08 |
| ଆସଦ୍ | asad | 1.39 |
| ଆଶାଡ | asada | 1.39 |
| ଅଶଦ | asada | 1.39 |
| ଅସାଦ | asada | 1.39 |
| ଆସାଦ୍ | asad | 0.69 |
| ଆଶାଡ଼ | asara | 0.69 |
| ଆଶାଦ୍ | asad | 0.69 |
| ଏସାଦ | esada | 0.69 |
| Asad in the Russian language | ||
| Асад | asad | - |
| Asad in the Arabic language | ||
| إسعد | asd | - |
| يساد | ysad | - |
| آسعد | asd | - |
| أسد | asd | - |
| اسعاد | asad | - |
| أسعد | asd | - |
| اسد | asd | - |
| اسعد | asd | - |
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