Asongu Surname
Approximately 4,014 people bear this surname
Asongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,886 | 1:61,380 | 4,546 |
| Cameroon | 856 | 1:24,263 | 3,288 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Asongu (377) may also be a first name.
Asongu Demographics
Asongu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Asongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asongu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asongu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 115,089th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,815,532 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Asongu reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 377 people.
Asongu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,886 people, or 1 in 61,380. In Nigeria Asongu is most prevalent in: Benue, where 90 percent reside, Taraba, where 4 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Asongu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Asongu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Asongu
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