Asker Surname
Approximately 25,148 people bear this surname
Asker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 8,329 | 1:11,038 | 1,312 |
| Libya | 4,683 | 1:1,333 | 372 |
| Turkey | 3,286 | 1:23,683 | 2,720 |
| Israel | 1,928 | 1:4,439 | 654 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,431 | 1:21,562 | 2,950 |
| Sri Lanka | 950 | 1:21,904 | 2,929 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Iran | 580 | 1:132,384 | 12,071 |
| England | 536 | 1:103,952 | 10,912 |
| United States | 483 | 1:750,433 | 58,631 |
| Sweden | 389 | 1:25,313 | 2,058 |
| Australia | 301 | 1:89,687 | 10,310 |
| Kazakhstan | 241 | 1:73,371 | 8,777 |
| Mauritania | 180 | 1:22,749 | 2,010 |
| Somaliland | 168 | 1:20,834 | 879 |
| Russia | 131 | 1:1,100,176 | 82,521 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Algeria | 83 | 1:465,440 | 36,143 |
| Norway | 83 | 1:61,955 | 8,821 |
| Pakistan | 72 | 1:2,481,165 | 21,781 |
| Northern Cyprus | 68 | 1:4,691 | 896 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 45 | 1:132,726 | 14,810 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Azerbaijan | 35 | 1:275,689 | 6,529 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Jordan | 9 | 1:982,493 | 16,126 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 189 | 1:128,970 | 11,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
Asker (17,914) may also be a first name.
Asker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A corruption of Askew.
From the Old Norse, Askviðr; from the Danish, Askov; from the Swedish, Asker; from the Dutch, Asscher; in the Domesday Book, Ascuit; personal name Comp. Askew, Ascoith, etc.
User-submitted Reference
The surname Asker means 'soldier', 'military' or 'police' in the Arabic, Somali, Malay, Turkish, and Pashto languages.
- aaskerAsker Demographics
Average Asker Salary in
United States
$44,489 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Asker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asker (Georgian: ასკერ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﻜﺮ, Marathi: आसकर, Russian: Аскер) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asker? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,642nd most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 289,786 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Asker live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Asker is also the 40,972nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 17,914 people.
The last name Asker is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 8,329 people, or 1 in 11,038. Outside of Egypt this surname occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 19 percent live and Turkey, where 13 percent live.
Asker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Asker has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Asker last name grew 284 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 947 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Asker surname is chiefly Muslim (80%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Asker surname are 12.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.09% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Asker earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 28.22% more than the national average, earning 443,754 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.11% more than the national average, earning $44,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.28% less than the national average, earning $43,084 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asker in the Georgian language | ||
| ასკერ | asker | - |
| Asker in the Marathi language | ||
| आसकर | asakara | - |
| Asker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﻜﺮ | askr | 84.21 |
| ﺍﺳﻜﺮ | askr | 5.26 |
| ﺃﺳﻜﺮ | askr | 5.26 |
| ﺍﺳﻜﺎﺭ | askar | 1.32 |
| ﺁﺳﻜﻴﺮ | askyr | 1.32 |
| ﺍﺳﻜﻴﺮ | askyr | 1.32 |
| ﺁﺳﻜﺮﻱ | askry | 1.32 |
| Asker in the Russian language | ||
| Аскер | asker | - |
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Footnotes
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