Asongwe Surname

252,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Asongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asongwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,4981:13,8651,899
United States491:7,397,121336,459
England81:6,964,757184,742
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Asongwe (33) may also be a first name.

Asongwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Asongwe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Asongwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 252,273rd most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,644,707 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Asongwe are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Asongwe is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 33 people.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,498 people, or 1 in 13,865. In Cameroon Asongwe is most common in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 20 percent reside and Centre Region, where 13 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Asongwe Last Name Statistics demography

Asongwe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 57.25% less than the national average, earning $18,448 USD per year.

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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 Asongwe
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