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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashiwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 773,729th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. The last name Ashiwe 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 frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 76 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 364 people, or 1 in 486,656. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Benue, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 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 Ashiwe
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