Aswu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aswu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Aswu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Aswu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aswu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Aswu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Aswu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aswu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Aswu is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Aswu reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Aswu is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 80 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Aswu occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aswau893/
Gaswu891/
Aswuh891/
Aisewu803/
Ashwau801/
Asbu7544/
Eswu757/
Asvu753/
Oswu751/
Eswau67245/
Hasbu6758/
Esweu6750/
Ashvu6714/
Asbou6713/
Assbu6712/
Achwu674/
Aasbu673/
Asvou673/
Azwau671/
Oswui671/
Oshwu671/
Asbuy671/
Asbau671/
Heswu671/
Ashwouth670/
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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 Aswu
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