Asmawu Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Asmawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Asmawu (1,640) may also be a first name.
Asmawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asmawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Asmawu is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asmawu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 899,940th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname Asmawu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Asmawu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Asmawu is also the 190,371st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,640 people.
The surname Asmawu is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Excluding Ghana this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Asmawu
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