Asiwa Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Asiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 217 | 1:816,326 | 36,276 |
| Uganda | 81 | 1:481,966 | 28,034 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Asiwa (234) may also be a first name.
Asiwa Demographics
Asiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asiwa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 814,680th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. Asiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Asiwa live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 585,759th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 234 people.
The surname Asiwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 816,326. In Nigeria Asiwa is primarily found in: Cross River, where 44 percent live, Delta, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Asiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Asiwa
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