Ashenga Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Ashenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Ashenga (11) may also be a first name.
Ashenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashenga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. Ashenga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashenga live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 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 Ashenga
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