Asams Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Asams (113) may also be a first name.

Asams Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asams (Hindi: आसाम) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Asams? popularity and diffusion

Asams is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Asams is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Asams live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 881,625th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 113 people.

The surname Asams is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Asams is most common in: Rivers, where 38 percent are found, Edo, where 21 percent are found and Abia, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Egypt, where 2 percent are found.

Asams Last Name Statistics demography

Asams earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assams9121/
Ashams9110/
Adsams912/
Atsams911/
Hasams911/
Ajams8012/
Acams804/
Azams803/
Osams802/
Asems801/
Asans801/
Asoms801/
Ausems73303/
Ashoms73215/
Hasans7333/
Asians7317/
Asamze737/
Assems736/
Asomst734/
Aasans733/
Azamsh732/
O'Sams731/
Ashans731/
Asanse731/
Gasans731/
Ahsans731/
Hasoms731/
Asains731/
Assans731/
Adsoms730/
Aussems671,187/
Hasansh6737/
Assanse6715/
Hassans6710/
Hashems676/
Azzamst674/
Hasanse672/
Gassans671/
Hasamch671/

Asams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asams in the Hindi language
आसामasama50
असम्सasamsa50

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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 Asams
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