Asiruwa Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asiruwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asiruwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1351:1,312,16951,890
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Asiruwa (15) may also be a first name.

Asiruwa Last Name Facts

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

Asiruwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Asiruwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Asiruwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Asiruwa is the 1,518,885th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Asiruwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asiruwa is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.

Asiruwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Asiruwa is mostly found in: Edo, where 65 percent reside, Delta, where 24 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aisiruwa9318/
Asiruiwa932/
Ashiruwa932/
Asirhuwa931/
Asiruwo864/
Aseruwa863/
Asiriwa862/
Aiseruwa801/
Asiriwua801/
Osiriwa711/
Ezeiruwa671/
Asirivha671/
Aseiriwei6310/
Ezeruwa5732/
Azirubi571/
Ajeruva571/
Aseriwei5328/
Aserieva531/
Acheruva531/
Asherieva502/

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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 Asiruwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis