Ashirah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ashirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
Ashirah (56) may also be a first name.
Ashirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashirah is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashirah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ashirah is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Ashirah reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 56 people.
Ashirah is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 50 percent are found.
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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 Ashirah
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