Asiwaju Surname

231,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Asiwaju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asiwaju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7161:103,2306,966
England261:2,143,00282,017
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Asiwaju (195) may also be a first name.

Asiwaju Last Name Facts

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

The surname Asiwaju occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Asiwaju click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asiwaju? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 231,065th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,164,312 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Asiwaju reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 649,894th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 195 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,716 people, or 1 in 103,230. In Nigeria Asiwaju is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 43 percent are found, Ogun, where 18 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Asiwaju Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ashiwaju93298/
Asihwaju932/
Atsiwaju931/
Assiwaju931/
Asiwaj922/
Asiwau921/
Asewaju8643/
Asiwayu862/
Ajiwaju862/
Asiwaja861/
Asiwaa775/
Asivaj771/
Ajiwoju71307/
Asibazu7145/
Achiwadjou7142/
Assiwou7120/
Asibajo7112/
Osibaju714/
Assiway712/
Hasibau711/
Gasiway710/
Ashiwaya673/
Ashiwaye671/
Hassiwou671/

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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 Asiwaju
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