Asah Surname
Approximately 7,676 people bear this surname
Asah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 3,117 | 1:8,669 | 1,179 |
| Cameroon | 2,436 | 1:8,526 | 1,110 |
| Nigeria | 860 | 1:205,980 | 12,284 |
| Indonesia | 481 | 1:274,946 | 24,800 |
| Philippines | 326 | 1:310,547 | 43,605 |
| Malaysia | 151 | 1:195,326 | 11,563 |
| India | 90 | 1:8,522,949 | 175,347 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Asah (4,032) may also be a first name.
Asah Demographics
Asah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asah (Arabic: اسعه, Hindi: ासह, Marathi: शाह, Oriya: ଆଶା) is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 65,089th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 949,394 people. The surname Asah is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Asah reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asah is also the 109,890th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,032 people.
The last name Asah is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 3,117 people, or 1 in 8,669. Other than Ghana it is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Asah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Asah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 5,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Asah surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Asah surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
Asah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.35% more than the national average, earning $67,031 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶା | asa | - |
| Asah in the Marathi language | ||
| शाह | saha | - |
| Asah in the Hindi language | ||
| ासह | asaha | 45.83 |
| असह | asaha | 20.83 |
| आशा | asa | 16.67 |
| असाह | asaha | 8.33 |
| आसह | asaha | 4.17 |
| आस | asa | 4.17 |
| Asah in the Arabic language | ||
| اسعه | ash | - |
| أسه | ash | - |
| آصه | ash | - |
| أصعه | ash | - |
| عاش | ash | - |
| آسه | ash | - |
| آسيه | asyh | - |
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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 Asah
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