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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ashawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashawa? popularity and diffusion
Ashawa is the 1,918,812th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Ashawa is primarily 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 frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 91 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Kano, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis