Asamau Surname
Approximately 3,100 people bear this surname
Asamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,730 | 1:64,887 | 4,764 |
| Indonesia | 368 | 1:359,373 | 31,002 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Asamau (21,377) may also be a first name.
Asamau Demographics
Asamau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Asamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asamau (Hindi: आसमौ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asamau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 143,530th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,350,821 people. The last name Asamau occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Asamau live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 35,977th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 21,377 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,730 people, or 1 in 64,887. In Nigeria Asamau is primarily concentrated in: Katsina, where 22 percent live, Sokoto, where 21 percent live and Zamfara, where 20 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Asamau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (79%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asamau in the Hindi language | ||
| आसमौ | asamau | 80 |
| आसामौ | asamau | 6.67 |
| आसमाू | asamau | 6.67 |
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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 Asamau
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