Assa Surname
Approximately 22,499 people bear this surname
Assa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6,610 | 1:3,490 | 334 |
| Indonesia | 4,698 | 1:28,150 | 3,321 |
| Niger | 1,177 | 1:16,306 | 1,087 |
| Cameroon | 1,137 | 1:18,267 | 2,501 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Tanzania | 650 | 1:81,449 | 8,351 |
| DR Congo | 629 | 1:117,456 | 12,805 |
| Pakistan | 612 | 1:291,902 | 6,187 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Gabon | 505 | 1:3,741 | 657 |
| Benin | 499 | 1:20,713 | 2,769 |
| Algeria | 489 | 1:79,001 | 12,479 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| United States | 265 | 1:1,367,770 | 94,877 |
| India | 260 | 1:2,950,251 | 88,919 |
| Congo | 259 | 1:19,263 | 2,258 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Nigeria | 240 | 1:738,095 | 33,631 |
| France | 190 | 1:349,593 | 52,489 |
| Luxembourg | 156 | 1:3,721 | 497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 143 | 1:57,019 | 7,266 |
| Bulgaria | 114 | 1:61,218 | 4,042 |
| Russia | 78 | 1:1,847,731 | 118,322 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Vietnam | 41 | 1:2,259,660 | 2,212 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Mexico | 36 | 1:3,447,950 | 24,458 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Assa (92,409) may also be a first name.
Assa Demographics
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Assa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﺎ, Hindi: अस्सा, Oriya: ଆଶା, Russian: Асса) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,046th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 323,905 people. Assa is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Assa reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Assa is also the 10,941st most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 92,409 people.
The surname Assa is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 6,610 people, or 1 in 3,490. In The Ivory Coast Assa is mostly concentrated in: Lagunes District, where 32 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent reside and Lacs District, where 18 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast it occurs in 107 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Assa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Assa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Assa last name expanded 1,395 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Assa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (64%) in Russia and Muslim (72%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Assa surname are 14.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.18% being registered with the political party.
The amount Assa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.89% less than the national average, earning R 100,068 per year; in Colombia they earn 29.77% less than the national average, earning $15,944,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 20.73% more than the national average, earning $52,092 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.33% less than the national average, earning $42,068 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଶା | asa | 71.43 |
| ଆସା | asa | 14.29 |
| ଆସ | asa | 14.29 |
| Assa in the Hindi language | ||
| अस्सा | as'sa | 66.67 |
| आससा | asasa | 12.82 |
| आशा | asa | 10.26 |
| आस्सा | as'sa | 5.13 |
| अससा | asasa | 2.56 |
| आसा | asa | 2.56 |
| Assa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﺎ | asa | 51.01 |
| ﺁﺻﺎ | asa | 23.08 |
| ﺁﺻﻪ | ash | 4.45 |
| ﺃﺳﺎ | asa | 3.44 |
| ﺍﺳﺎ | asa | 2.63 |
| ﻋﺎﺻﺎ | asa | 2.43 |
| ﻋﺴﺎ | sa | 2.02 |
| ﺍﺻﺎ | asa | 1.62 |
| ﻋﺎﺳﺎ | asa | 1.42 |
| ﻋﺎﺻﻪ | ash | 1.21 |
| ﺃﺻﺎ | asa | 1.01 |
| ﻋﻴﺴﺎ | ysa | 0.61 |
| ﺍﺻﻪ | ash | 0.61 |
| ﺁﺻﺔ | ast | 0.4 |
| ﺣﺼﻲ | hsy | 0.2 |
| ﺁﺳﻰ | asy | 0.2 |
| ﺃﺻﻰ | asy | 0.2 |
| ﺃﺻﻪ | ash | 0.2 |
| ﺍﺳﻰ | asy | 0.2 |
| Assa in the Russian language | ||
| Асса | assa | - |
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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
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