Asayi Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Asayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Asayi (232) may also be a first name.
Asayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asayi (Hindi: आसयी, Marathi: एसयी, Oriya: ଆଶାୟୀ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asayi is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. Asayi is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Asayi live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 588,797th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 232 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 29 percent live, Ondo, where 17 percent live and Nasarawa, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asayi in the Hindi language | ||
| आसयी | asayi | - |
| Asayi in the Marathi language | ||
| एसयी | esayi | - |
| Asayi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶାୟୀ | asayi | 67.96 |
| ଆସାୟୀ | asayi | 10.68 |
| ଆଶାୟି | asayi | 9.71 |
| ଅଶାୟୀ | asayi | 5.83 |
| ଅସାୟୀ | asayi | 2.91 |
| ଅସାଇ | asa'i | 0.97 |
| ଆସାୟି | asayi | 0.97 |
| ଅକ୍ଷୟ | aksaya | 0.97 |
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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 Asayi
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