Asanam Surname

675,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asanam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asanam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3641:486,65624,409
Thailand571:1,239,269179,534
India101:76,706,538639,611
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Asanam (99) may also be a first name.

Asanam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asanam (Hindi: असनम, Marathi: असनम) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Asanam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asanam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 675,256th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Asanam are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 99 people.

Asanam is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 486,656. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent live, Cross River, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 13 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Asanam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asanam in the Hindi language
असनमasanama76.92
असनामasanama15.38
आसनमasanama3.85
अशनमasanama3.85
Asanam in the Marathi language
असनमasanama50
असनामasanama37.5
असानमasanama12.5

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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
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  • 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 Asanam
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