Asahel Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Asahel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asahel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Asahel (456) may also be a first name.

Asahel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asahel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Asahel (Arabic: عسائيل, Marathi: असहेल) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Asahel.

How Common Is The Last Name Asahel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Asahel is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Asahel live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asahel is also the 400,063rd most frequent first name globally It is held by 456 people.

The last name Asahel is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Asahel is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 95 percent are found and Ogun, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Asahel is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.

Asahel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Asahel last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assahel925/
Asael91390/
Assael83501/
Ashael83155/
Asaele838/
Asaeil834/
Asaael833/
Asahil832/
Gasael832/
Asaeel831/
Hasael830/
Essahel771,232/
Hasahil774/
Ajahael771/
Ashaeil771/
Ajahele771/
Asaelle771/
Ashaeel771/
Azahele771/
Hassael771/
Gassael770/
Azael732,341/
Esael734/
Asoel732/
Asaèl731/
Oussahel715/
Hadjahel711/
Asaelová711/
Hassaell711/
Hashoell710/
Hazael67231/
Osaele67103/
Azahil6736/
Adjael6732/
Azaele6731/
Aseeil674/
Essael674/
Hajael672/
Ajahil672/
Aczael671/
Esohel671/
Esahil671/
Esaeel671/

Asahel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asahel in the Marathi language
असहेलasahela-
Asahel in the Arabic language
عسائيلsayyl-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Asahel
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