Asafo Surname

75,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Asafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana6,3041:4,286616
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
American Samoa331:1,690316
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
England101:5,571,806158,774
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Samoa41:48,452659
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Asafo (836) may also be a first name.

Asafo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asafo (Russian: Асафо) is most common in Ghana. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asafo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 75,909th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,127,754 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Asafo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asafo is also the 282,418th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 836 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 6,304 people, or 1 in 4,286. Apart from Ghana this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and American Samoa, where 1 percent live.

Asafo Last Name Statistics demography

Asafo earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning $31,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assafo911,558/
Ashafo913/
Asafou911/
Ahsafo911/
Hasafo911/
Assafou83107/
Atsafou831/
Osafo8019,546/
Asafa803,502/
Esafo807/
Asefo807/
Acafo802/
Asofo801/
Azafo801/
Assasfou77482/
Assaffou772/
Ashafa735,568/
Assafa732,068/
Adjafo731,156/
Asiafa73172/
Asafat73143/
Ashefo73125/
Ajafuo7328/
Assofo7323/
Hasafa7323/
Aziafo7321/
Ashofo7318/
Ahsafa7316/
Asafah7316/
Asahfa735/
Asasfa733/
Aisefo733/
Asatfa733/
Asapho732/
Asafaa732/
Asaifa732/
Asafas731/
Asaffa731/
Osaifo731/
Asafau731/
Ajafou731/
Essafo731/
Gasafa731/
Asehfo731/
Aasafa731/
Asefoh731/
Osafoh731/
Ausafa731/
Assafah6719/
Ashafat6716/
Ashafah6711/
Assafat6710/
Hashafa679/
Assaffa678/
Assasfa677/
Asaifat677/
Hasafah676/
Asahafa676/
Ashasfa673/
Assofou673/
Hassafa673/
Assoffo672/
Adjafou672/
Essaffo672/
Ashafaa671/
Achaufo671/
Aashafa671/
Ashoefo671/
Essafou671/
Atsafha671/
Ashaafa671/
Atsafah671/
Hasaifa671/
Assavoh671/
Asaasfa671/
Asafash671/
Asshafa671/

Asafo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asafo in the Russian language
Асафоasafo-

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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 Asafo
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