Assawe Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Assawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Niger | 48 | 1:399,834 | 11,128 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
Assawe (351) may also be a first name.
Assawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Assawe is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Assawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Assawe is the 1,465,390th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Assawe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Assawe is also the 465,148th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 351 people.
Assawe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 93 percent reside, Far North Region, where 4 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent reside and Benin, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Assawe
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