Ashigwe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Ashigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ashigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ashigwe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashigwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashigwe live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Ashigwe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Ashigwe is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Enugu, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Ashigwe is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 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 Ashigwe
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