Asow Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Asow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Asow (75) may also be a first name.
Asow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asow has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asow? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Asow reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most frequent first name globally, held by 75 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Asow is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 94 percent are found and South Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Asow
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis