Ashkara Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Ashkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
India81:95,883,173728,828
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ashkara (898) may also be a first name.

Ashkara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ashkara Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ashkara (Georgian: აშკარა, Hindi: आशकारा, Marathi: अशाकारा, Oriya: ଅରା, Russian: Ашкара) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ashkara.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashkara? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Ashkara live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ashkara is also the 271,017th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 898 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,679,432. In Afghanistan Ashkara is most frequent in: Ghor, where 92 percent reside and Herat, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ashkara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ashkara in the Georgian language
აშკარაashkara-
Ashkara in the Marathi language
अशाकाराasakara-
Ashkara in the Hindi language
आशकाराasakara82.58
अशकाराasakara7.62
आश्काराaskara4.72
आशकराasakara1.63
अश्काराaskara1.27
आसकाराasakara0.91
अशकराasakara0.73
आश्कराaskara0.36
अाशकाराaasakara0.18
Ashkara in the Oriya language
ଅରାara72.41
େବେହରାebehara13.79
ଧୀବରdhibara3.45
କର୍kar3.45
ମାହାରmahara3.45
ବଗାରbagara3.45
Ashkara in the Russian language
Ашкараaskara-

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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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  • 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 Ashkara
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