Alahassan Surname
Approximately 1,489 people bear this surname
Alahassan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,400 | 1:126,531 | 8,279 |
| Niger | 67 | 1:286,448 | 8,737 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Alahassan (507) may also be a first name.
Alahassan Demographics
Alahassan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Alahassan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alahassan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alahassan is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahassan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 263,175th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,894,255 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alahassan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alahassan is also the 375,944th most common first name in the world, borne by 507 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,400 people, or 1 in 126,531. In Nigeria Alahassan is most numerous in: Niger, where 25 percent are found, Kogi, where 14 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Alahassan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (90%) 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 Alahassan
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