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
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Asah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asah (Arabic: اسعه, Hindi: ासह, Marathi: शाह, Oriya: ଆଶା) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Asah.
How Common Is The Last Name Asah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,089th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 949,394 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Asah live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asah is also the 109,890th most widely held first name internationally, held by 4,032 people.
The surname Asah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 3,117 people, or 1 in 8,669. Other than Ghana it is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Asah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Asah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Asah last name increased 5,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Asah surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for 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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