Asifatu Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Asifatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 343 | 1:516,451 | 25,548 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Asifatu (239) may also be a first name.
Asifatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asifatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asifatu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asifatu? popularity and diffusion
Asifatu is the 807,857th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Asifatu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 578,640th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 239 people.
The surname Asifatu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 516,451. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 50 percent are found, Oyo, where 13 percent are found and Ondo, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashifatu | 93 | 10 | / |
| Hasifatu | 93 | 8 | / |
| Assifatu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Assifatou | 88 | 2 | / |
| Azifatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Osefatu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ouzaifatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Houzaifatou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ousseifatou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouzeifatou | 59 | 14 | / |
| Houzifatou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Houzeifatou | 56 | 14 | / |
| Housseyfatou | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Asifatu
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