Ashkelon Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Ashkelon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashkelon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ashkelon (37) may also be a first name.

Ashkelon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ashkelon (Russian: Ашкелон) has its highest incidence in Israel. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ashkelon.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashkelon? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ashkelon is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ashkelon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Ashkelon reside; 57 percent reside in West Asia and 57 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Ashkelon is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 37 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,139,408. Aside from Israel this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Askelon936/
Ashqelon881/
Askalon8032/
Askelan801/
Ashkhelyan7811/
Askeland751,906/
Askelund7597/
Asquelon754/
Ashkalan751/
Askelane751/
Ashcolon751/
Ascalon67304/
Askalan6745/
Askilan6720/
Askolan679/
Eskelan671/
Eskilon671/

Ashkelon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ashkelon in the Russian language
Ашкелонaskelon-

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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 Ashkelon
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