Asawo Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Asawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 425 | 1:416,806 | 21,662 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Asawo (65) may also be a first name.
Asawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asawo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Asawo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asawo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 661,581st most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Asawo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Asawo are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asawo is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 65 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 425 people, or 1 in 416,806. In Nigeria Asawo is primarily found in: Rivers, where 68 percent live, Oyo, where 8 percent live and Ondo, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Asawo
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