Asakiya Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Asakiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asakiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Asakiya (57) may also be a first name.

Asakiya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asakiya (Hindi: असकिया, Marathi: असकीया) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asakiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Asakiya is the 930,678th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. Asakiya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Asakiya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asakiya is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.

The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Outside of Ghana this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Asakiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asakiya in the Marathi language
असकीयाasakiya85.71
आसकीयाasakiya14.29
Asakiya in the Hindi language
असकियाasakiya80.95
आसकियाasakiya9.52
असकीयाasakiya9.52

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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 Asakiya
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