Ashura Surname
Approximately 3,875 people bear this surname
Ashura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,977 | 1:37,370 | 4,633 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Afghanistan | 620 | 1:51,860 | 1,780 |
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Iran | 68 | 1:1,129,155 | 49,899 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Ashura (118,627) may also be a first name.
Ashura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashura (Arabic: عاشورا, Bengali: আসুরা, Hindi: आशूरा, Marathi: आशुरा, Russian: Ашура) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 118,675th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,880,657 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Ashura are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 8,694th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 118,627 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,977 people, or 1 in 37,370. Besides The DR Congo this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 23 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashura in the Bengali language | ||
| আসুরা | asura | - |
| Ashura in the Marathi language | ||
| आशुरा | asura | 71.43 |
| अशुरा | asura | 28.57 |
| Ashura in the Hindi language | ||
| आशूरा | asura | 50 |
| आशुरा | asura | 25 |
| अशुरा | asura | 16.67 |
| अशूरा | asura | 8.33 |
| Ashura in the Russian language | ||
| Ашура | asura | - |
| Ashura in the Arabic language | ||
| عاشورا | ashwra | - |
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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 Ashura
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