Asanya Surname

336,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8921:198,59111,916
Kenya1261:366,50721,229
Cameroon511:407,23734,925
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Asanya (119) may also be a first name.

Asanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Asanya (Hindi: आसंया, Marathi: असन्या) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Asanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asanya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 336,565th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 6,655,293 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Asanya reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 856,040th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 119 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria Asanya is most frequent in: Enugu, where 53 percent reside, Jigawa, where 8 percent reside and Benue, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.

Asanya Last Name Statistics demography

Asanya earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Asanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Asanya in the Hindi language
आसंयाasanya-
Asanya in the Marathi language
असन्याasan'ya33.33
असाण्याasanya16.67
असण्याasanya16.67
आसाण्याasanya16.67
आसांयाasanya16.67

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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
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  • 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 Asanya
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