Ashjar Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Ashjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ashjar (18) may also be a first name.
Ashjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashjar (Hindi: अश्जर) is found most frequently in Iran. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashjar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ashjar reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ashjar is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,396,046. In Iran Ashjar is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 98 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 2 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashjar in the Hindi language | ||
| अश्जर | asjara | 50 |
| अशजर | asajara | 50 |
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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 Ashjar
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