Asking Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Asking Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Asking (86) may also be a first name.
Asking Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asking Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asking is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Asking.
How Common Is The Last Name Asking? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asking is the 2,047,559th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Asking live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in Scandinavia. Asking is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 86 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 298,387. In Sweden Asking is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 45 percent reside, Skåne County, where 33 percent reside and Kronoberg County, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Sweden Asking exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 37 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Asking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Asking has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Asking last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Asking
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