Asherson Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Asherson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asherson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
England281:1,989,93178,001
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Asherson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asherson is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Asherson? popularity and diffusion

Asherson is the 1,785,358th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 46 percent of Asherson reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,105,667. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live, Western Cape, where 33 percent live and Gauteng, where 29 percent live. Outside of South Africa Asherson is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 23 percent live.

Asherson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Asherson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 218 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Asherson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Asherson surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Asherson earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 44% more than the national average, earning R 342,192 per year and in United States they earn 23.85% more than the national average, earning $53,442 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ascherson9412/
Aserson931/
Asserson88116/
Osherson8820/
Acherson883/
Asgerson882/
Atcherson82300/
Assersohn8222/
Assersson828/
Asgersson821/
Acerson8045/
Asersen8026/
Oserson803/
Hatcherson78132/
Attcherson781/
Aitcherson781/
Adsersen75343/
Assersen7570/
Azserzon759/
Asserzon752/
Acersion751/
Atcerson751/
Hasherjan711/
Atchirson711/
Atchersen710/
Ozerson6741/
Asercen6710/
Asirsan671/

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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 Asherson
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