Asefon Surname

449,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asefon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asefon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7511:235,87613,737
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Asefon (11) may also be a first name.

Asefon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asefon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Asefon is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asefon? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 449,013th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,614,177 people. Asefon is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Asefon live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asefon is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 751 people, or 1 in 235,876. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 64 percent are found, Ekiti, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ashefon92137/
Asefone925/
Asehefon865/
Asefun8312/
Asefan838/
Asafon833/
Ajefon831/
Acefon831/
Achefon7745/
Aasafon7713/
Ashefun7710/
Ashefom774/
Ashefan772/
Assefan772/
Eshefon771/
Assifon771/
Atchefon71200/
Assofoun71107/
Acheffon7138/
Ashephon715/
Assefoum711/
Achefoun711/
Achefong711/
Atcheffon67347/
Asafan6760/
Asifan6720/
Asofan6713/
Esefan676/
Atchetfon675/
Ogefon675/
Atchefoun672/
Assoffoun672/
Osifon671/
Azefan671/

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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 Asefon
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