Assafa Surname
Approximately 2,068 people bear this surname
Assafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Assafa (27) may also be a first name.
Assafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assafa is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 201,602nd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,523,958 people. The surname Assafa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Assafa live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Assafa is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Aside from Ethiopia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Assafa
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