Asasa Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Asasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Asasa (338) may also be a first name.
Asasa Demographics
Asasa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Asasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asasa (Arabic: عصيصي, Hindi: असासा, Oriya: ଅଶାଷ, Russian: Асаса) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 742,570th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. The last name Asasa is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Asasa live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 475,334th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 338 people.
Asasa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 48 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Asasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Asasa last name is chiefly Muslim (88%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଶାଷ | asasa | - |
| Asasa in the Hindi language | ||
| असासा | asasa | 50 |
| ासस | asasa | 50 |
| Asasa in the Russian language | ||
| Асаса | asasa | - |
| Asasa in the Arabic language | ||
| عصيصي | sysy | - |
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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 Asasa
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