Asirah Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Asirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 344 | 1:384,445 | 32,798 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Asirah (991) may also be a first name.
Asirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asirah (Arabic: عسيراة) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asirah? popularity and diffusion
Asirah is the 783,439th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. Asirah occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Asirah reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Asirah is also the 255,739th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 991 people.
The last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 384,445. In Indonesia Asirah is most frequent in: East Kalimantan, where 40 percent live, South Sulawesi, where 30 percent live and West Java, where 10 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asirah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asirah in the Arabic language | ||
| عسيراة | syrat | - |
| اسيره | asyrh | - |
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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 Asirah
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