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
Assawe is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assawe? popularity and diffusion
Assawe is the 1,465,390th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Assawe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Chadic Africa. Assawe is also the 465,148th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 351 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 93 percent live, Far North Region, where 4 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 33 percent live and Benin, where 23 percent live.
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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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