Ashok Surname
Approximately 86,750 people bear this surname
Ashok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 46,853 | 1:3,813 | 409 |
| India | 34,563 | 1:22,193 | 1,704 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,402 | 1:6,535 | 834 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Oman | 463 | 1:7,965 | 1,110 |
| United States | 383 | 1:946,368 | 70,670 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Kuwait | 318 | 1:11,952 | 1,632 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Qatar | 190 | 1:12,411 | 1,349 |
| Singapore | 158 | 1:34,859 | 1,274 |
| England | 138 | 1:403,754 | 27,757 |
| Malaysia | 83 | 1:355,352 | 18,862 |
| Iran | 65 | 1:1,181,270 | 51,307 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Canada | 62 | 1:594,284 | 49,093 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Ashok (2,854,176) may also be a first name.
Ashok Demographics
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Ashok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashok (Bengali: অশোক, Hindi: अशोक, Marathi: अशोक, Oriya: ଅେଶାକ, Tibetan: ཨ་ཤོག་) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashok? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,516th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 84,006 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ashok live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ashok is also the 180th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 2,854,176 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 46,853 people, or 1 in 3,813. In Pakistan Ashok is most common in: Punjab, where 98 percent reside, Sindh, where 2 percent reside and Balochistan, where 0 percent reside. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 66 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.
Ashok Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ashok surname are 16.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.64% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ashok earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.69% less than the national average, earning R 133,824 per year; in United States they earn 35.97% more than the national average, earning $58,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.96% more than the national average, earning $74,008 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashok in the Hindi language | ||
| अशोक | asoka | 99.62 |
| आशोक | asoka | 0.27 |
| अशॊक | asoka | 0.03 |
| अषोक | asoka | 0.01 |
| अश़ोक | asaoka | 0 |
| अशो़क | asoka | 0 |
| अशेोक | aseoka | 0 |
| अ्शोक | asoka | 0 |
| अथोक | athoka | 0 |
| अ़शोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशोका | asoka | 0 |
| अशो्क | asoka | 0 |
| आश्ोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशॉक | asoka | 0 |
| अश्ोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशोक् | asok | 0 |
| ़अशोक | asoka | 0 |
| अश्ाोक | asaoka | 0 |
| ्अशोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशाोक | asaoka | 0 |
| Ashok in the Marathi language | ||
| अशोक | asoka | 98.44 |
| आशोक | asoka | 1.22 |
| असोक | asoka | 0.04 |
| ढोक | dhoka | 0.01 |
| खोका | khoka | 0 |
| अशोका़ | asoka | 0 |
| झोका | jhoka | 0 |
| आशॊक | asoka | 0 |
| अशोो | asoo | 0 |
| आशोका | asoka | 0 |
| ाशोक | asoka | 0 |
| डहोके | dahoke | 0 |
| नहो | naho | 0 |
| भोक | bhoka | 0 |
| ओशोक | osoka | 0 |
| एशोक | esoka | 0 |
| अशॊक् | asok | 0 |
| आशेोक | aseoka | 0 |
| अधोक | adhoka | 0 |
| सहोक | sahoka | 0 |
| दाहो | daho | 0 |
| ्अशोक | asoka | 0 |
| उशोक | usoka | 0 |
| अशोके | asoke | 0 |
| अशोकु | asoku | 0 |
| ़अशोक | asoka | 0 |
| आसोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशोोक | asooka | 0 |
| ॅशोक | esoka | 0 |
| होक | hoka | 0 |
| अशोक् | asok | 0 |
| अहोक | ahoka | 0 |
| सोक | soka | 0 |
| अषोक | asoka | 0 |
| अशोका | asoka | 0 |
| ठोक | thoka | 0 |
| धोका | dhoka | 0 |
| अशेोक | aseoka | 0 |
| अशाोक | asaoka | 0 |
| शोक | soka | 0 |
| होके | hoke | 0 |
| अशॉक | asoka | 0 |
| अशॊक | asoka | 0 |
| Ashok in the Bengali language | ||
| অশোক | asoka | 98.15 |
| আশোক | asoka | 0.7 |
| অশোক্ | asok | 0.13 |
| আশোক্ | asok | 0.06 |
| Ashok in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେଶାକ | aesaka | 98.15 |
| Ashok in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཤོག་ | ashok | 87.13 |
| ཨ་ཤོཀ་ | ashoka | 9.9 |
| ཨཱ་ཤོག་ | ashok | 1.98 |
| ཨ་ཤོག་་ | ashok | 0.99 |
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