Asian Surname
Approximately 2,024 people bear this surname
Asian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 680 | 1:260,504 | 14,953 |
| Indonesia | 437 | 1:302,630 | 26,851 |
| Peru | 310 | 1:102,529 | 6,473 |
| Spain | 308 | 1:151,792 | 11,199 |
| Iran | 59 | 1:1,301,399 | 54,450 |
| Mexico | 45 | 1:2,758,360 | 22,009 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Asián (13) are calculated separately.
Asian (3,748) may also be a first name.
Asian Demographics
Average Asian Salary in
United States
$44,217 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Asian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asian (Arabic: اصيان, Hindi: आसीन, Marathi: आसीयान, Oriya: ଆସିଆନ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Asián. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asian? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asian is the 205,095th most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,600,566 people. Asian occurs predominantly in Africa, where 34 percent of Asian reside; 34 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asian is also the 114,996th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 3,748 people.
The surname Asian is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 260,504. In Nigeria Asian is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent are found, Cross River, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and Peru, where 15 percent are found.
Asian Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Asian are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Asian earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 7.58% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,855 per year and in United States they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning $44,217 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asian in the Hindi language | ||
| आसीन | asina | - |
| Asian in the Marathi language | ||
| आसीयान | asiyana | - |
| Asian in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆସିଆନ | asi'ana | 65.52 |
| ଆସିଆନ୍ | asi'an | 9.48 |
| ଆଶିଆନ | asi'ana | 5.17 |
| ଆସିୟାନ | asiyana | 4.31 |
| ଏସିଆନ | esi'ana | 3.45 |
| ଆଶିଆନ୍ | asi'an | 2.59 |
| ଆସିଆଁ | asi'am | 1.72 |
| ଅସିଆଁ | asi'am | 0.86 |
| ଏସାନ୍ | esan | 0.86 |
| Asian in the Arabic language | ||
| اصيان | asyan | - |
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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 Asian
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