Assona Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Assona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 151 | 1:137,543 | 15,369 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Assona (19) may also be a first name.
Assona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Assona occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Assona.
How Common Is The Last Name Assona? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Assona are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Assona is also the 2,523,061st most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 19 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 137,543. In Cameroon Assona is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Assona is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Assona
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