Ashau Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ashau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Ashau (300) may also be a first name.
Ashau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashau is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ashau is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ashau reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 508,767th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 300 people.
The last name Ashau is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 33 percent live, Nasarawa, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, 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 Ashau
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