Asamawu Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Asamawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Asamawu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475

Asamawu (844) may also be a first name.

Asamawu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asamawu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Asamawu is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asamawu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 754,238th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Asamawu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asamawu is also the 280,805th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 844 people.

This last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Aside from Ghana it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hasamawu9314/
Asamawou931/
Assamawou881/
Ashamawou881/
Ajamawu864/
Asamowu861/
Asemawu861/
Hasamabu8032/
Osomawu712/
Assoumawou711/
Asomowu711/
Asomabou671/
Azemawou671/
Aigiomawu63172/
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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 Asamawu
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