Assifa Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Assifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 189 | 1:54,686 | 6,829 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Assifa (141) may also be a first name.
Assifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assifa is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Assifa.
How Common Is The Last Name Assifa? popularity and diffusion
Assifa is the 1,055,483rd most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Assifa are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Assifa is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 141 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 54,686. In Benin it is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 66 percent live, Alibori Department, where 19 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 4 percent live. Other than Benin this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 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 Assifa
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