Assalem Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Qatar

Assalem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Assalem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Assalem (19) may also be a first name.

Assalem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Assalem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Assalem is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Assalem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Assalem is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Assalem are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 19 people.

The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,397,339. In Niger Assalem is most prevalent in: Agadez Region, where 33 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 33 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 33 percent reside. Barring Niger this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 13 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
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  • 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 Assalem
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