Asemaw Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Asemaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asemaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Asemaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asemaw is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asemaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Asemaw are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.

The last name Asemaw is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Outside of Ethiopia it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assemaw922/
Asemmaw921/
Asemova7728/
Asimawe7722/
Asimmaw774/
Hasimaw772/
Osemawe771/
Asemov6772/
Asimow6727/
Ogemaw671/

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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 Asemaw
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