Asowa Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Asowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Asowa (22) may also be a first name.
Asowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asowa (Hindi: असोवा) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Asowa? popularity and diffusion
Asowa is the 1,041,601st most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Asowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Asowa are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 25 percent live, Ondo, where 24 percent live and Enugu, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 39 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asowa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asowa in the Hindi language | ||
| असोवा | asova | - |
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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 Asowa
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