Ashiwe Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Ashiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 364 | 1:486,656 | 24,409 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ashiwe (76) may also be a first name.
Ashiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashiwe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 773,729th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ashiwe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ashiwe is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 76 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 486,656. In Nigeria Ashiwe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Benue, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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 Ashiwe
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