Abu Assaf Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Abu Assaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 185 | 1:24,588 | 3,591 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
Abu Assaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Assaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abu Assaf has its highest incidence in Palestine. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Assaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abu Assaf is the 1,189,614th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Abu Assaf are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Levant.
Abu Assaf is most widespread in Palestine, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 24,588. In Palestine Abu Assaf is primarily concentrated in: Jenin Governorate, where 80 percent reside, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 14 percent reside and Gaza Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Palestine this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 5 percent reside and Syria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abou Assaf | 95 | 41 | / |
| Abu Assaff | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abu Assab | 89 | 643 | / |
| Abu-Assaf | 89 | 11 | / |
| Abou-Assaf | 84 | 10 | / |
| Abou Asaff | 84 | 7 | / |
| Abu Hashaf | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abu Asab | 82 | 681 | / |
| Abu Hasab | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Aasabh | 74 | 6 | / |
| Abu Azab | 71 | 1,346 | / |
| Abu-Asab | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abu Hassoub | 70 | 4 | / |
| Abou Azab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abu Ashoub | 63 | 4 | / |
| Abu-Azab | 59 | 2 | / |
| Abou-Azab | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Abu Assaf
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