Ashwin Surname

222,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Ashwin Surname Definition:

(English) Spear-Friend. [A. Sax. Æscwine: v. Ash2, and + Old English wine,friend] Æscwine, King of Wessex, died A.D. 676.

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Ashwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6781:1,131,36546,134
England4281:130,18212,904
Australia3141:85,9749,937
United States741:4,898,094251,818
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Canada471:783,94961,790
Singapore391:141,2236,278
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Wales101:309,45316,869
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
China31:455,773,85521,925
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2271:107,38010,631
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ashwin (56,840) may also be a first name.

Ashwin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Spear-Friend. [A. Sax. Æscwine: v. Ash2, and + Old English wine,friend] Æscwine, King of Wessex, died A.D. 676.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Old Norse, Ás-vinnr; from the Anglo-Saxon, Oswin; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

Of Saxon origin, meaning spear friend, ash being the main wood from which spears were made.

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Ashwin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ashwin Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ashwin (Bengali: আশ্বিন, Hindi: अश्विन, Marathi: अशिवन, Oriya: ଅିନ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashwin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ashwin is the 222,049th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,969,252 people. Ashwin is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Ashwin live; 37 percent live in South Asia and 37 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 16,574th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 56,840 people.

The surname Ashwin is most common in India, where it is held by 678 people, or 1 in 1,131,365. In India it is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 21 percent are found, Karnataka, where 18 percent are found and Telangana, where 15 percent are found. Apart from India this surname is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 17 percent are found.

Ashwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ashwin has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Ashwin last name expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,233 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it declined 23 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ashwin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Ashwin surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Ashwin last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ashwin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 379.37% more than the national average, earning R 1,139,170 per year; in United States they earn 0.18% more than the national average, earning $43,227 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning $47,942 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aashwin922/
Ashwine921/
Aswin912,644/
Ashwn915/
Aswien83104/
Aswain8347/
Haswin8340/
Aaswin8320/
Aswine836/
Eshwin832/
Ashwen832/
Asswin832/
Ashwyn832/
Ashbin832/
Ashwim831/
Aswhin831/
Auswin831/
Achwin831/
Aswn802/
Haswien777/
Hashuin771/
Gashuin771/
Ashween771/
Hashbin771/
Oswin731,561/
Asbin7339/
Asuin7332/
Eswin7331/
Aswen7327/
Aswim7311/
Aswnd735/
Aschwend711/
Assouhin711/
Aschwenn711/
Hasbin6784/
Achwen6726/
Haswen6716/
Hasuin678/
Hoswin676/
Asween675/
Achuin673/
Esswin672/
Hasswn671/
Azwuin671/
Gasuin671/
Aswuen671/
Asuing671/
Oswine671/
Oswoin670/
Heswin670/
Easbin670/
Eszwin670/
Aswent670/
Ausbin670/

Ashwin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ashwin in the Oriya language
ଅିନaina93.33
ଅିନ୍ain6.67
Ashwin in the Bengali language
আশ্বিনasbina80
অশ্বিনasbina20
Ashwin in the Hindi language
अश्विनasvina64.63
अश्वीनasvina14.63
आश्विनasvina8.54
अशविनasavina2.44
अश्िवनasivana2.44
आश्िवनasivana2.44
अश्विनीasvini1.22
आशिवनasivana1.22
अस्वीनasvina1.22
एशविनesavina1.22
Ashwin in the Marathi language
अशिवनasivana26.19
अशवीनasavina26.19
आशवीनasavina11.9
हीनाhina9.52
आशिवनasivana7.14
अशीवीनasivina4.76
अखीनakhina2.38
बसीनbasina2.38
अशीवनasivana2.38
आखिनakhina2.38
सोहीनीsohini2.38
अश्विनasvina2.38

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