Aşır Surname

200,455th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Aşır Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aşır Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2,0801:37,4143,928
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Asr (6,846) are calculated separately.

Aşır Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aşır Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aşır is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Asr. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aşır? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 200,455th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,500,262 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Aşır are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 2,080 people, or 1 in 37,414. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 9 percent are found, Samsun Province, where 8 percent are found and Bursa Province, where 7 percent are found. Barring Turkey Aşır exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asr866,846/
Yaşıru8042/
Aşar7511,603/
Aşur75362/
Aşer75194/
Aşir758/
Yaşar67138,101/
Hazır674,175/
Aşiri67123/
Aşari6750/
Iaşar6735/
Ahşar6720/
Yaşir678/
Yazır674/
Hasır671/
Yaşer671/

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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 Aşır
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