Ashiel Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Ashiel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Ashiel (157) may also be a first name.
Ashiel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashiel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashiel occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ashiel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashiel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashiel are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashiel is also the 732,696th most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 157 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 85 percent live and Nasarawa, where 15 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ashiel
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