Asante Surname
Approximately 191,242 people bear this surname
Asante Surname User-submission:
This is a Swahili name meaning 'thank you'.
Asante Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 185,648 | 1:146 | 10 |
| United States | 1,862 | 1:194,661 | 19,217 |
| England | 1,644 | 1:33,892 | 4,485 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Canada | 285 | 1:129,283 | 13,464 |
| Germany | 112 | 1:718,799 | 54,527 |
| Spain | 100 | 1:467,520 | 24,100 |
| South Africa | 98 | 1:552,834 | 43,423 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Belgium | 53 | 1:216,918 | 27,806 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Asante (22,087) may also be a first name.
Asante Surname Meaning
Asante Demographics
Asante Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asante Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asante Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asante (Arabic: اشانتي, Russian: Асанте) has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asante? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,942nd most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 38,106 people. The last name Asante occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Asante live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 35,098th most widely held first name globally, borne by 22,087 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 185,648 people, or 1 in 146. Beside Ghana this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Asante Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Asante surname are 12.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.68% being registered with the political party.
The amount Asante earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.64% less than the national average, earning 271,203 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.8% more than the national average, earning R 308,460 per year; in United States they earn 3.02% more than the national average, earning $44,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $50,086 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asante Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asante in the Russian language | ||
| Асанте | asante | - |
| Asante in the Arabic language | ||
| اشانتي | ashanty | - |
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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
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- 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 Asante
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