Ashemu Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Ashemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ashemu (70) may also be a first name.
Ashemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashemu is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashemu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,333,370th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ashemu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashemu is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 70 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 27 percent are found, Zamfara, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Ashemu
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