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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asmaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 267,085th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,981,234 people. The surname Asmaou occurs predominantly 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 widespread given name internationally, held by 35,400 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 958 people, or 1 in 21,680. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 53 percent live, North Region, where 22 percent live and Far North Region, where 18 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Asmaou exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
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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