Aswa Surname
Approximately 2,108 people bear this surname
Aswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 645 | 1:274,640 | 15,593 |
| Kenya | 388 | 1:119,020 | 9,982 |
| Indonesia | 355 | 1:372,533 | 31,924 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Uganda | 197 | 1:198,169 | 15,952 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Aswa (1,537) may also be a first name.
Aswa Demographics
Aswa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Aswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aswa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aswa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 198,386th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,457,090 people. The surname Aswa is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Aswa reside; 32 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 197,820th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 1,537 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 645 people, or 1 in 274,640. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 91 percent are found, Benue, where 8 percent are found and Gombe, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Aswa occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 18 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.
Aswa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Aswa surname is predominantly Christian (94%) in Kenya and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Aswa
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