Ashama Surname
Approximately 594 people bear this surname
Ashama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 473 | 1:374,509 | 19,965 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ashama (7,061) may also be a first name.
Ashama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashama (Bengali: আসমা, Hindi: आशमा, Marathi: आशमा, Oriya: ଆଶମା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 540,721st most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. Ashama is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Ashama live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashama is also the 77,125th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 7,061 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 374,509. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 26 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 15 percent reside and Edo, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashama in the Bengali language | ||
| আসমা | asama | - |
| Ashama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶମା | asama | 88.79 |
| ଆସମା | asama | 6.54 |
| ଅଶମା | asama | 1.87 |
| ଅଶାମା | asama | 0.93 |
| ଆଷାମା | asama | 0.93 |
| ଆଶାମା | asama | 0.93 |
| Ashama in the Hindi language | ||
| आशमा | asama | 56.24 |
| आशामा | asama | 21.61 |
| अशमा | asama | 11.41 |
| आसमा | asama | 4.56 |
| अशामा | asama | 2.01 |
| आश्ामा | asama | 1.21 |
| आशमां | asamam | 0.67 |
| आषमा | asama | 0.27 |
| अषमा | asama | 0.27 |
| ऑसमा | osama | 0.13 |
| आशंमा | asamma | 0.13 |
| आशमॉ | asamo | 0.13 |
| आाशमा | aasama | 0.13 |
| आजम | ajama | 0.13 |
| आसमां | asamam | 0.13 |
| आशीमा | asima | 0.13 |
| आशम | asama | 0.13 |
| अशमां | asamam | 0.13 |
| Ashama in the Marathi language | ||
| आशमा | asama | 50.75 |
| आशामा | asama | 36.34 |
| अशामा | asama | 2.7 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 1.5 |
| महमद | mahamada | 1.2 |
| अशमा | asama | 1.2 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.9 |
| कािशम | kaisama | 0.6 |
| अशाम | asama | 0.6 |
| अहमंद | ahamanda | 0.3 |
| आषमा | asama | 0.3 |
| अषमा | asama | 0.3 |
| ुाषमा | uasama | 0.3 |
| आशमााक | asamaaka | 0.3 |
| आिसम | aisama | 0.3 |
| आशामााम | asamaama | 0.3 |
| समानी | samani | 0.3 |
| आसमाँबी | asamambi | 0.3 |
| आशामााउ | asamaa'u | 0.3 |
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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 Ashama
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