Asaw Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Asaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 166 | 1:609,869 | 65,823 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Asaw (81) may also be a first name.
Asaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asaw (Arabic: أسو, Oriya: ଏସାଉ) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,210,518th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Asaw are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Asaw is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 81 people.
Asaw is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 609,869. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 70 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 22 percent reside and Soccsksargen, where 4 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent reside and Ghana, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asaw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asaw in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏସାଉ | esa'u | - |
| Asaw in the Arabic language | ||
| أسو | asw | - |
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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 Asaw
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