Assfaw Surname

82,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Assfaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Assfaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia5,7951:16,8332,274
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Assfaw (9,714) may also be a first name.

Assfaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Assfaw occurs in Ethiopia 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 Assfaw? popularity and diffusion

Assfaw is the 82,882nd most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,247,440 people. The last name Assfaw is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Assfaw are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Assfaw is also the 62,475th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 9,714 people.

The last name Assfaw is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,795 people, or 1 in 16,833. Besides Ethiopia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Assfaw Last Name Statistics demography

Assfaw earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.87% more than the national average, earning $54,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asfaw91210,854/
Asfawe834,026/
Asffaw837/
Ashfaw831/
Aesfaw831/
Asfaf737/
Azfaw731/
Asfow731/
Ashfaf6716/
Asfasf674/
Ashfab671/
Ashfaaf621/
Asfasdf621/
Aswfasf621/
Adsfadfs571/
Ashfaafh571/

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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 Assfaw
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