Asha Surname
Approximately 146,779 people bear this surname
Asha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 56,774 | 1:2,807 | 273 |
| Ethiopia | 50,386 | 1:1,936 | 347 |
| DR Congo | 14,120 | 1:5,232 | 602 |
| India | 8,855 | 1:86,625 | 5,788 |
| Kenya | 5,559 | 1:8,307 | 1,087 |
| Jordan | 3,424 | 1:2,582 | 506 |
| Nigeria | 1,841 | 1:96,221 | 6,596 |
| Yemen | 638 | 1:41,419 | 3,550 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Uganda | 398 | 1:98,089 | 9,905 |
| United Arab Emirates | 371 | 1:24,696 | 2,783 |
| Indonesia | 248 | 1:533,263 | 43,166 |
| Palestine | 248 | 1:18,342 | 3,027 |
| Iraq | 246 | 1:142,364 | 3,763 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Pakistan | 229 | 1:780,104 | 11,203 |
| Afghanistan | 141 | 1:228,037 | 4,037 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Russia | 93 | 1:1,549,710 | 104,953 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Qatar | 72 | 1:32,750 | 3,419 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| Oman | 38 | 1:97,052 | 3,112 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Asha (2,433,113) may also be a first name.
Asha Demographics
Asha Political Affiliation
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Asha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asha (Arabic: عشا, Bengali: আশা, Georgian: აშა, Hindi: आशा, Oriya: ଆଶା, Russian: Аша, Tibetan: ཨ་ཤ་) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Asha.
How Common Is The Last Name Asha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,815th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 49,650 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Asha live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 39 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Asha is also the 228th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 2,433,113 people.
The last name Asha is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 56,774 people, or 1 in 2,807. Outside of Bangladesh this last name occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Asha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Asha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Asha surname increased 2,117 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 7,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Asha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (82%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Asha last name are 22.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Asha earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.02% less than the national average, earning $40,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.26% less than the national average, earning $44,586 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asha in the Georgian language | ||
| აშა | asha | - |
| Asha in the Hindi language | ||
| आशा | asa | 99.73 |
| आाशा | aasa | 0.02 |
| आशाा | asaa | 0.01 |
| अाशा | aasa | 0.01 |
| विभा | vibha | 0 |
| आसहा | asaha | 0 |
| आभ | abha | 0 |
| आस्था | astha | 0 |
| पुष्पा | puspa | 0 |
| रेखा | rekha | 0 |
| असहा | asaha | 0 |
| आभा | abha | 0 |
| आश्ाा | asaa | 0 |
| आशाज़् | asaz | 0 |
| Asha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶା | asa | 97.82 |
| Asha in the Bengali language | ||
| আশা | asa | 96.66 |
| আশারানী | asarani | 3.08 |
| এশ্ব | esba | 0.26 |
| Asha in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཤ་ | asha | 59.26 |
| ཨ་ཤཱ་ | asha | 31.48 |
| ཨཤ་ | asha | 5.56 |
| ཨཱཤ་ | asha | 1.85 |
| ཨཱ་ཤ་ | asha | 1.85 |
| Asha in the Russian language | ||
| Аша | asa | - |
| Asha in the Arabic language | ||
| عشا | sha | - |
| العشا | alsha | - |
| اشا | asha | - |
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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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- 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 Asha
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