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 surname Ashawa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ashawa is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Ashawa are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashawa is also the 998,282nd most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 91 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Ashawa is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Kano, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and India, where 9 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 Ashawa
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