Asafe Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Asafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 162 | 1:1,093,474 | 45,309 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Asafe (3,726) may also be a first name.
Asafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asafe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asafe? popularity and diffusion
Asafe is the 1,115,011th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Asafe reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 115,361st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 3,726 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 65 percent live, Ondo, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
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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 Asafe
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