Ashef Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Ashef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Ashef (227) may also be a first name.
Ashef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashef (Marathi: आसेफ़) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashef? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 754,238th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Ashef live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ashef is also the 596,468th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 227 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Excluding Bangladesh it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashef in the Marathi language | ||
| आसेफ़ | asefa | - |
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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 Ashef
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