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
Asker Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Asker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asker (Georgian: ასკერ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﻜﺮ, Marathi: आसकर, Russian: Аскер) is found most in Egypt. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asker? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asker is the 21,642nd most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 289,786 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Asker are found; 52 percent are found in North Africa and 52 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 40,972nd most numerous first name globally, borne by 17,914 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 8,329 people, or 1 in 11,038. Besides Egypt Asker is found in 71 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 19 percent are found and Turkey, where 13 percent are found.
Asker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Asker has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Asker surname rose 284 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 947 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Asker surname is primarily 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% registered with 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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