Amassa Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Amassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 84 | 1:228,476 | 7,450 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Amassa (48) may also be a first name.
Amassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺎﺹ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amassa is the 1,478,479th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amassa reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous first name globally, borne by 48 people.
The surname Amassa is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 228,476. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 58 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 17 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 12 percent are found. Besides Niger Amassa exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺎﺹ | amas | - |
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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 Amassa
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