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
The last name Ashona (Hindi: अशोना) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Ashona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ashona live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 585,759th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 234 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent reside, Nandi County, where 2 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Iraq, where 2 percent reside.
Ashona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ashona surname 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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