Asahi Surname
Approximately 17,723 people bear this surname
Asahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 17,364 | 1:7,363 | 1,092 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1:3,015,131 | 88,032 |
| Iran | 68 | 1:1,129,155 | 49,899 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Asahi (297,053) may also be a first name.
Asahi Demographics
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Asahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asahi (Hindi: असाही, Marathi: असाही) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Asahi.
How Common Is The Last Name Asahi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asahi is the 30,155th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 411,191 people. The last name Asahi occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Asahi are found; 98 percent are found in East Asia and 98 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Asahi is also the 3,534th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 297,053 people.
The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 17,364 people, or 1 in 7,363. In Japan Asahi is mostly concentrated in: Aichi Prefecture, where 8 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Not including Japan this last name occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Asahi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Asahi last name are 20.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.33% registered with the party.
Asahi earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.11% more than the national average, earning $53,984 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asahi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asahi in the Hindi language | ||
| असाही | asahi | - |
| Asahi in the Marathi language | ||
| असाही | asahi | - |
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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 Asahi
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