Ashua Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Ashua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Abkhazia | 4 | 1:60,716 | 3,073 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Ashua (88) may also be a first name.
Ashua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashua (Georgian: აშუა, Hindi: आश्ुा, Russian: Ашуа) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 883,255th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ashua are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 88 people.
The surname Ashua is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 49 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Ashua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ashua has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashua in the Georgian language | ||
| აშუა | ashua | - |
| Ashua in the Hindi language | ||
| आश्ुा | asua | 64.29 |
| आश्ूा | asua | 28.57 |
| अशुआ | asu'a | 7.14 |
| Ashua in the Russian language | ||
| Ашуа | asua | - |
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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
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- 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 Ashua
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