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 surname Asafe is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asafe? popularity and diffusion
Asafe is the 1,115,011th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Asafe are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asafe is also the 115,361st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 3,726 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 65 percent live, Ondo, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name 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
- 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 Asafe
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