Assitou Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Assitou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 291 | 1:65,952 | 3,026 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Assitou (1,749) may also be a first name.
Assitou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assitou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assitou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﻴﺔ) is most common in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Assitou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Assitou is the 889,654th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name Assitou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Assitou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Assitou is also the 183,202nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,749 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 291 people, or 1 in 65,952. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 89 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assitou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assitou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﻴﺔ | asyt | - |
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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 Assitou
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