Asamahu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Asamahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Asamahu (1,177) may also be a first name.
Asamahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asamahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asamahu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Asamahu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asamahu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Asamahu live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asamahu is also the 231,359th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 1,177 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Asamahu is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 42 percent live, Yobe, where 26 percent live and Sokoto, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 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 Asamahu
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