Ashiaku Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Ashiaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ashiaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Ashiaku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ashiaku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ashiaku is most common in Ghana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ashiaku? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ashiaku are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Not including Ghana this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Germany, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asiaku923/
Achiaku8648/
Hashioku8042/
Assiakou8017/
Achiakou806/
Osiaku77150/
Esiaku779/
Aseaku775/
Asyaku774/
Hachijaku75396/
Aissiakou751/
Ochiaku7133/
Oshioku714/
Asajoku713/
Esiakou712/
Aisyaku711/
Asseakou6736/
Uisyaku571/
Osajioku5386/
Osagioku531/
Asseoukou501/

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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
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  • 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 Ashiaku
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