Ashangwa Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Ashangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Ashangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashangwa is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ashangwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashangwa live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon Ashangwa is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live, Northwest Region, where 42 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ashangwa
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