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
Average Ashong Salary in
United States
$68,658 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashong? popularity and diffusion
Ashong is the 26,502nd most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 358,833 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ashong live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 279,817th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 849 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 19,742 people, or 1 in 1,369. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Ashong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ashong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ashong last name grew 2,483 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ashong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ashong last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political 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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