Asenya Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria861:2,059,80071,823
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Asenya (85) may also be a first name.

Asenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asenya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asenya is the 1,943,350th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Asenya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asenya is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 85 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 50 percent reside, Taraba, where 37 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hasenya924/
Asienya922/
Adseanya863/
Aseasnya861/
Assenyat861/
Gashenya861/
Asinya83849/
Asenia83104/
Osenya8331/
Asenyo832/
Asegna831/
Asenja831/
Hashemnya808/
Ashinya77175/
Assegna7734/
Asenias7730/
Osienya774/
Hasenia773/
Eisenya772/
Gasinya772/
Asienyo772/
Asinjya771/
Ausenia771/
Assenyo771/
Asinyah771/
Asainya771/
Hasinya771/
Asihnya771/
Assenia771/
Azeanya771/
Aseña73160/
Acheanya714/
Oshienya713/
Asenjhad712/
Asenjjad711/
Gasgenia711/
Asheinyo711/
Asieniha711/
Ashinyah711/
Hassenia711/
Ashionya711/
Asenjo6714,515/
Osinya672,155/
Asinyo671,183/
Hashemnia67746/
Asinja6757/
Osenia6741/
Acenyo6731/
Asenio6727/
Azinya6727/
Asinia6721/
Ozenya6710/
Hassainya679/
Osenyo678/
Asigna677/
Ocenya677/
Axenia676/
Asceña674/
Axinya674/
Azenia673/
Acenia672/
Asenho672/
Asinea671/
Asingaiya671/
Haychenya671/

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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 Asenya
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