Asamai Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Asamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Asamai (1,148) may also be a first name.
Asamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asamai (Hindi: आसमाी, Marathi: असमाई, Oriya: ଅସମାଈ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asamai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asamai is the 1,263,456th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Asamai live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 234,862nd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 1,148 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 79 percent are found, Plateau, where 17 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and Indonesia, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅସମାଈ | asama'i | - |
| Asamai in the Marathi language | ||
| असमाई | asama'i | 50 |
| असमई | asama'i | 50 |
| Asamai in the Hindi language | ||
| आसमाी | asamai | 40 |
| आसामै | asamai | 20 |
| असमाइ | asama'i | 20 |
| ासमई | asama'i | 20 |
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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 Asamai
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