Asaku Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Asaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 201 | 1:194,225 | 15,750 |
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Asaku (88) may also be a first name.
Asaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asaku is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Asaku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asaku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 766,190th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Asaku reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 88 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 194,225. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Soroti District, where 45 percent live, Serere District, where 28 percent live and Ngora District, where 7 percent live. Excluding Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 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 Asaku
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