Ashang Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Ashang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 472 | 1:375,302 | 20,004 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Iran | 35 | 1:2,193,786 | 75,524 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ashang (349) may also be a first name.
Ashang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashang (Hindi: अशंग, Marathi: आशांग, Tibetan: ཨ་ཞང་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ashang is the 550,571st most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname Ashang is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Ashang are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashang is also the 466,636th most frequent first name globally, borne by 349 people.
The surname Ashang is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 375,302. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 83 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent live and Iran, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashang in the Marathi language | ||
| आशांग | asanga | - |
| Ashang in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཞང་ | ashyang | 66.67 |
| ཨ་གཞང། | ashyang | 16.67 |
| ཨ་ཞང་། | ashyang | 16.67 |
| Ashang in the Hindi language | ||
| अशंग | asanga | 50 |
| अशांग | asanga | 50 |
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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 Ashang
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