Ashanya Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ashanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria401:4,428,569120,862
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ashanya (15) may also be a first name.

Ashanya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ashanya (Hindi: आशंया) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ashanya.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,055,934th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Ashanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashanya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashanya is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name globally It is held by 15 people.

The last name Ashanya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria Ashanya is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 93 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ashanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ashanya in the Hindi language
आशंयाasanya50
अशन्याasan'ya50

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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 Ashanya
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