Asekere Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asekere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asekere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4181:423,78721,950
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Asekere (19) may also be a first name.

Asekere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asekere occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asekere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asekere is the 688,723rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Asekere are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asekere is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

The surname Asekere is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 423,787. In Nigeria Asekere is primarily found in: Lagos, where 55 percent are found, Ondo, where 37 percent are found and Ekiti, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Asekere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Asekere last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

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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 Asekere
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