Assafo Surname

253,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Assafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Assafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo8401:8,6282,051
Chad6741:20,1662,465
Venezuela391:774,46412,743
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Assafo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Assafo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Assafo is found in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Assafo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 253,664th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,677,501 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Assafo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Assafo is most common in Togo, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Without taking into account Togo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 43 percent reside and Venezuela, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Assafou92107/
Asafo916,462/
Assasfou86482/
Assaffou862/
Assafa832,068/
Assofo8323/
Ashafo833/
Ahsafo831/
Essafo831/
Hasafo831/
Asafou831/
Assafah7719/
Assafat7710/
Assaffa778/
Assasfa777/
Assofou773/
Hassafa773/
Assoffo772/
Essaffo772/
Atsafou771/
Assavoh771/
Asshafa771/
Essafou771/
Osafo7319,546/
Asafa733,502/
Esafo737/
Asefo737/
Azafo731/
Asofo731/
Assaffah71109/
Assoufou7118/
Assasfah712/
Ashshafa711/
Assafaha711/
Asshsafa711/
Assaifat711/
Assafauh711/
Assefa67349,680/
Ashafa675,568/
Essafa67210/
Asiafa67172/
Asafat67143/
Assofa67127/
Ashefo67125/
Hasafa6723/
Ashofo6718/
Asafah6716/
Ahsafa6716/
Aissoufou678/
Asahfa675/
Aisefo673/
Asatfa673/
Asasfa673/
Asapho672/
Asaifa672/
Asafaa672/
Asefoh671/
Ausafa671/
Aasafa671/
Asafas671/
Osafoh671/
Asehfo671/
Hassoufou671/
Gasafa671/
Asafau671/
Osaifo671/
Asaffa671/
Hossafous670/

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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 Assafo
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