Ashayi Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Ashayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ashayi (73) may also be a first name.
Ashayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashayi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ashayi is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Ashayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Ashayi live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashayi is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 73 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Ashayi is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 40 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Ashayi exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 23 percent are found and South Sudan, where 10 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ashayi
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