Asima Surname
Approximately 4,941 people bear this surname
Asima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,253 | 1:141,375 | 9,060 |
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| India | 503 | 1:1,524,981 | 57,070 |
| Indonesia | 352 | 1:375,708 | 32,165 |
| Pakistan | 241 | 1:741,261 | 10,867 |
| Zimbabwe | 220 | 1:70,174 | 10,440 |
| Uganda | 120 | 1:325,327 | 21,922 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 1:79,938 | 10,532 |
| Maldives | 95 | 1:4,254 | 402 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Asima (128,932) may also be a first name.
Asima Demographics
Average Asima Salary in
United States
$28,722 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Asima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asima (Arabic: عسيمي, Bengali: অসীমা, Dhivehi: ުޢާސިމާ, Georgian: ასიმა, Hindi: आसिमा, Marathi: असीमा, Oriya: ଅସୀମା, Russian: Асима) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Asima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,293rd most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,474,913 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Asima live; 39 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 8,082nd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 128,932 people.
The surname Asima is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,253 people, or 1 in 141,375. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 59 percent live, Bayelsa, where 23 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 20 percent live and Ghana, where 14 percent live.
Asima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
The amount Asima earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 72.73% less than the national average, earning R 64,800 per year and in United States they earn 33.44% less than the national average, earning $28,722 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asima in the Georgian language | ||
| ასიმა | asima | - |
| Asima in the Bengali language | ||
| অসীমা | asima | 75.66 |
| অসিমা | asima | 24.34 |
| Asima in the Hindi language | ||
| आसिमा | asima | 72.06 |
| असीमा | asima | 12.38 |
| आसीमा | asima | 8.99 |
| असिमा | asima | 6.05 |
| ासीमा | asima | 0.1 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.06 |
| असीम | asima | 0.06 |
| आसिम | asima | 0.06 |
| आसिया | asiya | 0.06 |
| अशीमा | asima | 0.03 |
| आसिमां | asimam | 0.03 |
| असिया | asiya | 0.03 |
| असिम्ा | asima | 0.03 |
| Asima in the Marathi language | ||
| असीमा | asima | 55.61 |
| आसीमा | asima | 31.84 |
| असीम | asima | 5.83 |
| आसीया | asiya | 1.79 |
| सीमा | sima | 0.9 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.9 |
| असीना | asina | 0.45 |
| वसीम | vasima | 0.45 |
| एसीमा | esima | 0.45 |
| Asima in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅସୀମା | asima | 51.02 |
| ଅସିମା | asima | 32.97 |
| ଆସିମା | asima | 6.2 |
| ଅଶିମା | asima | 4.24 |
| ଅଶୀମା | asima | 1.18 |
| ଆସୀମା | asima | 0.94 |
| ଆଶିମା | asima | 0.63 |
| ଅସୀମ | asima | 0.47 |
| ଅସିମ | asima | 0.39 |
| ଆସିମ | asima | 0.08 |
| ଆସମା | asama | 0.08 |
| ଶୀମତୀ | simati | 0.08 |
| ଅଷିମା | asima | 0.08 |
| ଆଶୀମା | asima | 0.08 |
| Asima in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުޢާސިމާ | uasima | 40 |
| ީޢާސިމާ | iasima | 40 |
| ާޢާސިމާ | aasima | 20 |
| Asima in the Russian language | ||
| Асима | asima | - |
| Asima in the Arabic language | ||
| عسيمي | symy | - |
| اسيما | asyma | - |
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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 Asima
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