Ashona Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Ashona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Ashona (234) may also be a first name.
Ashona Demographics
Ashona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ashona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashona (Hindi: अशोना) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ashona click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ashona are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 585,759th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 234 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent live, Nandi County, where 2 percent live and Vihiga County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya Ashona is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Iraq, where 2 percent live.
Ashona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashona in the Hindi language | ||
| अशोना | asona | - |
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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 Ashona
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