Ashele Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Ashele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Ashele (52) may also be a first name.
Ashele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashele is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ashele is the 2,580,327th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. Ashele is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ashele live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 52 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside, Ogun, where 18 percent reside and Ekiti, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 16 percent reside.
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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 Ashele
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