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 found most frequently in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Assitou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 889,654th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Assitou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 183,202nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 1,749 people.
The last name Assitou is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 65,952. In Niger it is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 89 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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