Ashir Surname
Approximately 4,849 people bear this surname
Ashir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,144 | 1:82,623 | 5,839 |
| Pakistan | 1,332 | 1:134,117 | 3,799 |
| Kazakhstan | 278 | 1:63,606 | 7,844 |
| Iran | 245 | 1:313,398 | 21,845 |
| India | 244 | 1:3,143,711 | 92,729 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Afghanistan | 158 | 1:203,501 | 3,823 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Maldives | 32 | 1:12,630 | 945 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23 | 1:259,681 | 23,924 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ashir (11,527) may also be a first name.
Ashir Demographics
Ashir Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Ashir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashir (Arabic: عشير, Georgian: აშირ, Hindi: अशीर, Marathi: अशीर, Oriya: ଆଶିର୍, Russian: Ашир, Tibetan: ཨེ་ཤིར་) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ashir is the 97,826th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,502,897 people. Ashir occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Ashir reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashir is also the 55,680th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 11,527 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,144 people, or 1 in 82,623. In Nigeria Ashir is most common in: Benue, where 39 percent live, Kano, where 27 percent live and Kaduna, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ashir occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 27 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent live.
Ashir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ashir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ashir last name rose 3,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ashir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Muslim (64%) in Nigeria.
The amount Ashir earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $38,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.2% more than the national average, earning $52,765 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashir in the Georgian language | ||
| აშირ | ashir | - |
| Ashir in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨེ་ཤིར་ | éshir | - |
| Ashir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶିର୍ | asir | 50 |
| ଆଶିର | asira | 50 |
| Ashir in the Marathi language | ||
| अशीर | asira | 50 |
| आशीर | asira | 37.23 |
| बशीर | basira | 4.26 |
| असीर | asira | 3.19 |
| अशीर् | asir | 2.13 |
| िसशहीर | isasahira | 2.13 |
| अधीर | adhira | 1.06 |
| Ashir in the Hindi language | ||
| अशीर | asira | 47.16 |
| आशिर | asira | 23.58 |
| आशीर | asira | 12.66 |
| अशीर् | asir | 11.79 |
| अशिर् | asir | 1.31 |
| अशिर | asira | 0.87 |
| असीर | asira | 0.87 |
| अशी्र | asira | 0.44 |
| आशीर् | asir | 0.44 |
| Ashir in the Russian language | ||
| Ашир | asir | - |
| Ashir in the Arabic language | ||
| عشير | shyr | - |
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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 Ashir
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