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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,041,601st most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Asowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Asowa live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name on earth It is held by 22 people.
Asowa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Asowa is most numerous in: Edo, where 25 percent reside, Ondo, where 24 percent reside and Enugu, where 19 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 39 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
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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