Ashafe Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Ashafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ashafe (22) may also be a first name.
Ashafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashafe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ashafe.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ashafe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria Ashafe is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Delta, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 10 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 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
- 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 Ashafe
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