Amasse Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Amasse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 232 | 1:44,550 | 5,686 |
| France | 124 | 1:535,667 | 73,425 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Amassè (1) are calculated separately.
Amasse (40) may also be a first name.
Amasse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amasse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amasse occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Amassè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amasse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 685,266th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Amasse live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 40 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 44,550. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 57 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 23 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 8 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 29 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Amasse
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