Asoya Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Asoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Paraguay | 86 | 1:84,148 | 2,072 |
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Asoya (47) may also be a first name.
Asoya Demographics
Asoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Asoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asoya (Hindi: असोया, Marathi: आसोया, Oriya: ଅେଶାୟା) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 663,740th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Asoya live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 47 people.
The last name Asoya is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Paraguay, where 19 percent reside and Kenya, where 17 percent reside.
Asoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asoya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେଶାୟା | aesaya | - |
| Asoya in the Marathi language | ||
| आसोया | asoya | - |
| Asoya in the Hindi language | ||
| असोया | asoya | 60 |
| आसोया | asoya | 40 |
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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 Asoya
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