Ashira Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Ashira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 356 | 1:129,719 | 10,668 |
| Syria | 121 | 1:159,513 | 3,780 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Palestine | 16 | 1:284,303 | 10,570 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Maldives | 9 | 1:44,908 | 2,305 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ashira (2,255) may also be a first name.
Ashira Demographics
Ashira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ashira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashira (Arabic: اشيرا, Georgian: აშირა, Hindi: आशिरा, Marathi: अशीरा, Oriya: ଆଶିରା, Russian: Ашира) occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 538,129th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Ashira reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ashira is also the 157,252nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 2,255 people.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 129,719. In Kenya Ashira is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 62 percent live, Nairobi County, where 34 percent live and Nakuru County, where 1 percent live. Other than Kenya Ashira exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 20 percent live and Iraq, where 4 percent live.
Ashira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashira in the Georgian language | ||
| აშირა | ashira | - |
| Ashira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶିରା | asira | - |
| Ashira in the Hindi language | ||
| आशिरा | asira | 47.83 |
| अशीरा | asira | 28.26 |
| आशीरा | asira | 14.13 |
| अशिरा | asira | 7.61 |
| असीरा़ | asira | 1.09 |
| आसिरा | asira | 1.09 |
| Ashira in the Marathi language | ||
| अशीरा | asira | 44.44 |
| आशीरा | asira | 22.22 |
| आसीरा | asira | 11.11 |
| आशीर | asira | 11.11 |
| असीरा | asira | 11.11 |
| Ashira in the Russian language | ||
| Ашира | asira | - |
| Ashira in the Arabic language | ||
| اشيرا | ashyra | - |
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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 Ashira
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