Asha Surname
Approximately 146,779 people bear this surname
Asha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 56,774 | 1:2,807 | 273 |
| Ethiopia | 50,386 | 1:1,936 | 347 |
| DR Congo | 14,120 | 1:5,232 | 602 |
| India | 8,855 | 1:86,625 | 5,788 |
| Kenya | 5,559 | 1:8,307 | 1,087 |
| Jordan | 3,424 | 1:2,582 | 506 |
| Nigeria | 1,841 | 1:96,221 | 6,596 |
| Yemen | 638 | 1:41,419 | 3,550 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Uganda | 398 | 1:98,089 | 9,905 |
| United Arab Emirates | 371 | 1:24,696 | 2,783 |
| Indonesia | 248 | 1:533,263 | 43,166 |
| Palestine | 248 | 1:18,342 | 3,027 |
| Iraq | 246 | 1:142,364 | 3,763 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Pakistan | 229 | 1:780,104 | 11,203 |
| Afghanistan | 141 | 1:228,037 | 4,037 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Russia | 93 | 1:1,549,710 | 104,953 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Qatar | 72 | 1:32,750 | 3,419 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Malaysia | 62 | 1:475,713 | 24,024 |
| Oman | 38 | 1:97,052 | 3,112 |
| Iran | 37 | 1:2,075,203 | 73,016 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Asha (2,433,113) may also be a first name.
Asha Demographics
Average Asha Salary in
United States
$40,550 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Asha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asha (Arabic: عشا, Bengali: আশা, Georgian: აშა, Hindi: आशा, Oriya: ଆଶା, Russian: Аша, Tibetan: ཨ་ཤ་) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asha is the 3,815th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 49,650 people. The surname Asha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Asha are found; 45 percent are found in South Asia and 39 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 228th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,433,113 people.
It is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 56,774 people, or 1 in 2,807. Not including Bangladesh this surname occurs in 90 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Asha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Asha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Asha last name grew 2,117 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 7,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Asha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Asha last name is principally Christian (82%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Asha surname are 22.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76% being registered with the party.
The amount Asha earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.02% less than the national average, earning $40,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.26% less than the national average, earning $44,586 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asha in the Georgian language | ||
| აშა | asha | - |
| Asha in the Hindi language | ||
| आशा | asa | 99.73 |
| आाशा | aasa | 0.02 |
| आशाा | asaa | 0.01 |
| अाशा | aasa | 0.01 |
| विभा | vibha | 0 |
| आसहा | asaha | 0 |
| आभ | abha | 0 |
| आस्था | astha | 0 |
| पुष्पा | puspa | 0 |
| रेखा | rekha | 0 |
| असहा | asaha | 0 |
| आभा | abha | 0 |
| आश्ाा | asaa | 0 |
| आशाज़् | asaz | 0 |
| Asha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶା | asa | 97.82 |
| Asha in the Bengali language | ||
| আশা | asa | 96.66 |
| আশারানী | asarani | 3.08 |
| এশ্ব | esba | 0.26 |
| Asha in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཤ་ | asha | 59.26 |
| ཨ་ཤཱ་ | asha | 31.48 |
| ཨཤ་ | asha | 5.56 |
| ཨཱཤ་ | asha | 1.85 |
| ཨཱ་ཤ་ | asha | 1.85 |
| Asha in the Russian language | ||
| Аша | asa | - |
| Asha in the Arabic language | ||
| عشا | sha | - |
| العشا | alsha | - |
| اشا | asha | - |
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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 Asha
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