Asikele Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asikele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asikele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1691:1,048,18243,882
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Asikele (11) may also be a first name.

Asikele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asikele Come From? nationality or country of origin

Asikele is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asikele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,286,243rd most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Asikele are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asikele is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name globally, borne by 11 people.

Asikele is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria Asikele is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 62 percent live, Kaduna, where 11 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria Asikele exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Asikele
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