Asimah Surname
Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname
Asimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Indonesia | 549 | 1:240,891 | 22,159 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Asimah (4,134) may also be a first name.
Asimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asimah (Arabic: آسيمه, Hindi: आसिमाह, Marathi: असीम) occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asimah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asimah is the 252,790th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,656,579 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Asimah live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 108,132nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 4,134 people.
Asimah is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Other than Ghana this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asimah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asimah in the Hindi language | ||
| आसिमाह | asimaha | - |
| Asimah in the Marathi language | ||
| असीम | asima | - |
| Asimah in the Arabic language | ||
| آسيمه | asymh | - |
| اسيمه | asymh | - |
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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 Asimah
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