Ashawa Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Ashawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ashawa (91) may also be a first name.
Ashawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ashawa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ashawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Ashawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ashawa reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 91 people.
The surname Ashawa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Ashawa is primarily found in: Benue, where 60 percent are found, Kano, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Ashawa
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