Ashfa Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Ashfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Maldives | 54 | 1:7,485 | 631 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ashfa (2,477) may also be a first name.
Ashfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashfa (Dhivehi: އަޝްފ, Hindi: आशफा, Russian: Ашфа) is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ashfa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashfa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,009,375th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Ashfa reside; 49 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ashfa is also the 148,421st most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 2,477 people.
Ashfa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 37 percent reside, Kebbi, where 27 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 21 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashfa in the Dhivehi language | ||
| އަޝްފ | asf | - |
| Ashfa in the Hindi language | ||
| आशफा | asapha | 75.42 |
| अशफा | asapha | 20 |
| आश्फा | aspha | 4.34 |
| आशफ़ा | asafa | 0.24 |
| Ashfa in the Russian language | ||
| Ашфа | asfa | - |
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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 Ashfa
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