Ashong Surname
Approximately 20,309 people bear this surname
Ashong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 19,742 | 1:1,369 | 230 |
| Nigeria | 199 | 1:890,165 | 38,757 |
| United States | 149 | 1:2,432,610 | 149,447 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Ashong (849) may also be a first name.
Ashong Demographics
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Ashong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashong occurs most in Ghana. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashong? popularity and diffusion
Ashong is the 26,502nd most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 358,833 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ashong reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 279,817th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 849 people.
Ashong is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 19,742 people, or 1 in 1,369. Without taking into account Ghana it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Ashong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ashong has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,483 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ashong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ashong last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
Ashong earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.12% more than the national average, earning $68,658 USD per year.
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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 Ashong
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