Asoka Surname
Approximately 5,290 people bear this surname
Asoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,644 | 1:210,501 | 12,560 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Kenya | 297 | 1:155,488 | 12,325 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| Uganda | 104 | 1:375,378 | 24,063 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Asoka (433,087) may also be a first name.
Asoka Demographics
Asoka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asoka (Hindi: असोका, Marathi: अशोक, Oriya: ଅେଶାକା) is most common in India. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asoka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 90,586th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,377,608 people. The last name Asoka occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Asoka are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Asoka is also the 2,361st most common first name worldwide, held by 433,087 people.
The last name Asoka is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 3,644 people, or 1 in 210,501. In India Asoka is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 91 percent are found, Karnataka, where 8 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 15 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Asoka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Asoka has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asoka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Asoka surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asoka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asoka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେଶାକା | aesaka | 83.86 |
| ଅେଶାକ | aesaka | 10.41 |
| ଅେଶାକାାଇଁ | aesakaa'im | 2.26 |
| ଅେସାକା | aesaka | 2.11 |
| ଆେଶାକା | aesaka | 1.06 |
| ଅେସାକ | aesaka | 0.15 |
| Asoka in the Hindi language | ||
| असोका | asoka | 75 |
| अशोका | asoka | 12.5 |
| अषोक | asoka | 6.25 |
| अशॊक | asoka | 6.25 |
| Asoka in the Marathi language | ||
| अशोक | asoka | 68.42 |
| असोका | asoka | 21.05 |
| अशोका | asoka | 10.53 |
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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 Asoka
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