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
The surname Aswa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aswa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 198,386th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,457,090 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Aswa are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aswa is also the 197,820th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 1,537 people.
Aswa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 645 people, or 1 in 274,640. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 91 percent live, Benue, where 8 percent live and Gombe, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Aswa is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Aswa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Aswa last name 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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