Amassan Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Amassan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Amassan (28) may also be a first name.
Amassan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amassan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amassan is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amassan.
How Common Is The Last Name Amassan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amassan is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amassan reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 28 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Amassan is most numerous in: North Region, where 77 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and East Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Amassan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 8 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Amassan
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