Asta Surname
Approximately 35,396 people bear this surname
Asta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25,163 | 1:825 | 58 |
| Afghanistan | 2,339 | 1:13,747 | 836 |
| Italy | 2,259 | 1:27,072 | 4,837 |
| Indonesia | 882 | 1:149,942 | 14,740 |
| United States | 836 | 1:433,563 | 37,358 |
| India | 764 | 1:1,004,012 | 42,354 |
| Philippines | 693 | 1:146,087 | 24,494 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| DR Congo | 547 | 1:135,063 | 14,394 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Argentina | 180 | 1:237,463 | 19,337 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Mexico | 83 | 1:1,495,496 | 16,204 |
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Belgium | 73 | 1:157,488 | 21,805 |
| Spain | 61 | 1:766,427 | 32,250 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Australia | 45 | 1:599,904 | 42,958 |
| Lithuania | 43 | 1:70,572 | 10,443 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Venezuela | 37 | 1:816,326 | 13,210 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Aşta (7) & Ásta (1) are calculated separately.
Asta (113,102) may also be a first name.
Asta Demographics
Asta Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Asta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asta (Arabic: يسطا, Georgian: ასტა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﺘﺎ, Hindi: आस्ता, Oriya: ଭତା, Russian: Аста, Tibetan: ཨཱཤ་ཏྲ་) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Aşta or Ásta. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 15,741st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 205,886 people. The surname Asta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Asta live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 9,103rd most prevalent given name globally It is held by 113,102 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 25,163 people, or 1 in 825. In Cameroon Asta is most prevalent in: North Region, where 48 percent live, Far North Region, where 44 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 75 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 7 percent live and Italy, where 6 percent live.
Asta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Asta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Asta surname grew 5,573 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Asta surname are 24.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.01% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Asta earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 17.97% more than the national average, earning €35,426 per year; in United States they earn 9.65% more than the national average, earning $47,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.22% more than the national average, earning $58,238 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asta in the Georgian language | ||
| ასტა | asta | - |
| Asta in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨཱཤ་ཏྲ་ | ashatra | - |
| Asta in the Hindi language | ||
| आस्ता | asta | 60.75 |
| अस्ता | asta | 17.2 |
| आसता | asata | 15.59 |
| असता | asata | 2.69 |
| अस्ट | asta | 1.61 |
| आश्ता | asta | 0.54 |
| अष्ट | asta | 0.54 |
| आस्था | astha | 0.54 |
| अस्टा | asta | 0.54 |
| Asta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﺘﺎ | asta | 54.55 |
| ﺁﺳﺖ | ast | 9.09 |
| ﺃﺳﺘﺎ | asta | 9.09 |
| ﺁﺳﺘﻪ | asth | 4.55 |
| ﺃﺳﻄﻪ | asth | 4.55 |
| ﺃﺳﺘﻪ | asth | 4.55 |
| ﺍﺳﺘﺎ | asta | 4.55 |
| ﺁﺻﻄﻪ | asth | 4.55 |
| ﺍﺳﺖ | ast | 4.55 |
| Asta in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭତା | bhata | 50 |
| ଅପାତ | apata | 25 |
| ଅତ୍ା | ata | 25 |
| Asta in the Russian language | ||
| Аста | asta | - |
| Asta in the Arabic language | ||
| يسطا | ysta | - |
| اسطى | asty | - |
| أستا | asta | - |
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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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- 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 Asta
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