Aselem Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Aselem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aselem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430

Aselem (64) may also be a first name.

Aselem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aselem occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aselem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Aselem is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Aselem is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Aselem reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 64 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Aselem is mostly found in: Rivers, where 70 percent reside, Lagos, where 7 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Aselem
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