Asuwa Surname
Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname
Asuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,142 | 1:111,948 | 6,462 |
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Asuwa (157) may also be a first name.
Asuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asuwa is found most in Japan. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Asuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Asuwa is the 292,126th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,567,262 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Asuwa live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 732,696th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 157 people.
The surname Asuwa is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 1,142 people, or 1 in 111,948. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Tottori Prefecture, where 31 percent reside, Kanagawa Prefecture, where 18 percent reside and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Japan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 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
- 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 Asuwa
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