Ashwa Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Ashwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 343 | 1:516,451 | 25,548 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Ashwa (654) may also be a first name.
Ashwa Demographics
Ashwa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ashwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashwa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 618,896th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Ashwa are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 324,709th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 654 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 516,451. In Nigeria Ashwa is most prevalent in: Benue, where 95 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Ashwa is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 15 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Ashwa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ashwa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ashwa last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ashwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ashwa surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Ashwa
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