Asafoglu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Asafoglu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Asafoğlu (2) are calculated separately.
Asafoglu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asafoglu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asafoglu is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also be rendered as: Asafoğlu. Click here to see other potential spellings of Asafoglu.
How Common Is The Last Name Asafoglu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Asafoglu live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,993,132. In Turkey Asafoglu is mostly found in: Mersin Province, where 23 percent are found, Kirklareli Province, where 19 percent are found and Aydin Province, where 15 percent are found. Other than Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asafoğlu | 96 | 2 | / |
| Osafoglu | 88 | 21 | / |
| Asefoglu | 88 | 10 | / |
| Asifoglu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Yasefoglu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Asifoğlu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Yusufoglu | 71 | 58 | / |
| Yusifoglu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Iosifoglou | 67 | 35 | / |
| Yasevioglu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yusyufoglu | 67 | 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
- 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 Asafoglu
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