Ashirafu Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Ashirafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Uganda | 107 | 1:364,853 | 23,632 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ashirafu (10,021) may also be a first name.
Ashirafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashirafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashirafu has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ashirafu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashirafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ashirafu is the 839,220th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname Ashirafu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashirafu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 61,152nd most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 10,021 people.
The surname Ashirafu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 241,743. In Tanzania Ashirafu is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 48 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 43 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ashirafu
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