Asmaou Surname
Approximately 1,463 people bear this surname
Asmaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 958 | 1:21,680 | 2,964 |
| Burkina Faso | 467 | 1:39,298 | 1,979 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Asmaou (35,400) may also be a first name.
Asmaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asmaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asmaou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﺀ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asmaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Asmaou is the 267,085th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,981,234 people. The surname Asmaou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Asmaou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asmaou is also the 24,514th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 35,400 people.
Asmaou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 958 people, or 1 in 21,680. In Cameroon Asmaou is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 53 percent reside, North Region, where 22 percent reside and Far North Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asmaou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asmaou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﺀ | asma | 67.74 |
| ﺃﺳﻤﺎﺀ | asma | 29.03 |
| ﻋﺼﻤﺎﺀ | sma | 3.23 |
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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 Asmaou
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