Asmahu Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Asmahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Asmahu (1,707) may also be a first name.
Asmahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asmahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asmahu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asmahu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asmahu is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Asmahu reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asmahu is also the 185,927th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 1,707 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 30 percent live, Sokoto, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 16 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 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 Asmahu
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