Asffaw Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Asffaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Asffaw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Asffaw Last Name Facts

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

Asffaw is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asffaw? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Asffaw is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Asffaw live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Besides Ethiopia Asffaw occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asfaw91210,854/
Assfaw835,842/
Asfawe834,026/
Ashfaw831/
Aesfaw831/
Asfaf737/
Azfaw731/
Asfow731/
Ashfaf6716/
Asfasf674/
Ashfab671/
Ashfouf622/
Ashfaaf621/
Asfasdf621/
Adsfadfs571/
Ashfaafh571/
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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 Asffaw
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