Alhassan Surname
Approximately 438,792 people bear this surname
Alhassan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 191,156 | 1:927 | 111 |
| Ghana | 116,792 | 1:231 | 23 |
| Sudan | 63,560 | 1:590 | 72 |
| Pakistan | 53,080 | 1:3,366 | 378 |
| Niger | 9,251 | 1:2,075 | 229 |
| Egypt | 1,708 | 1:53,827 | 5,185 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,153 | 1:26,761 | 3,711 |
| United States | 405 | 1:894,960 | 67,538 |
| United Arab Emirates | 228 | 1:40,185 | 4,151 |
| England | 228 | 1:244,377 | 19,942 |
| Thailand | 148 | 1:477,286 | 83,618 |
| Spain | 123 | 1:380,098 | 21,146 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Sweden | 63 | 1:156,298 | 10,904 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Syria | 30 | 1:643,367 | 5,706 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Iceland | 28 | 1:13,575 | 1,212 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Oman | 15 | 1:245,865 | 4,150 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Alhassan (196,961) may also be a first name.
Alhassan Demographics
Average Male Alhassan Height
170.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Alhassan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhassan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alhassan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alhassan.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhassan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,213th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,608 people. Alhassan is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Alhassan reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alhassan is also the 5,308th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 196,961 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 191,156 people, or 1 in 927. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 18 percent live, Niger, where 16 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 87 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 27 percent live and Sudan, where 14 percent live.
Alhassan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Alhassan last name are 16.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.81% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Alhassan earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.51% less than the national average, earning 261,259 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 10.28% less than the national average, earning R 213,204 per year; in United States they earn 3.53% less than the national average, earning $41,627 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.41% more than the national average, earning $59,823 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alhassan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alhassan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ | alhsn | - |
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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
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