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
Asawo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Asawo.
How Common Is The Last Name Asawo? popularity and diffusion
Asawo is the 661,581st most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Asawo is predominantly found 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. It is also the 1,212,820th most numerous forename globally, borne by 65 people.
The surname Asawo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 425 people, or 1 in 416,806. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 68 percent live, Oyo, where 8 percent live and Ondo, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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