Assam Surname
Approximately 15,288 people bear this surname
Assam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,640 | 1:48,666 | 3,743 |
| Algeria | 2,559 | 1:15,096 | 2,714 |
| Cameroon | 2,423 | 1:8,572 | 1,116 |
| Morocco | 1,363 | 1:25,294 | 3,996 |
| Malawi | 941 | 1:18,192 | 2,844 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| South Africa | 414 | 1:130,864 | 15,308 |
| India | 407 | 1:1,884,682 | 65,911 |
| Iran | 372 | 1:206,405 | 16,504 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| France | 280 | 1:237,224 | 36,774 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| United States | 194 | 1:1,868,345 | 121,641 |
| Mexico | 151 | 1:822,028 | 11,810 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 97 | 1:14,062 | 1,818 |
| Puerto Rico | 87 | 1:40,806 | 1,034 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Austria | 62 | 1:137,346 | 18,671 |
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
Assam (8,476) may also be a first name.
Assam Demographics
Average Assam Salary in
United States
$60,822 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Assam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Assam (Arabic: آسام, Bengali: আসাম, Hindi: अस्सम, Marathi: सम) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Assam is the 34,671st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 476,684 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Assam live; 29 percent live in North Africa and 26 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 68,450th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 8,476 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,640 people, or 1 in 48,666. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 64 percent live, Cross River, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 69 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 percent live.
Assam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Assam has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Assam last name grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Assam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Assam surname are 20.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.68% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Assam earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 7.19% more than the national average, earning R 254,736 per year; in United States they earn 40.96% more than the national average, earning $60,822 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning $51,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assam in the Bengali language | ||
| আসাম | asama | - |
| Assam in the Marathi language | ||
| सम | sama | - |
| Assam in the Hindi language | ||
| अस्सम | as'sama | 92.31 |
| अससम | asasama | 7.69 |
| Assam in the Arabic language | ||
| آسام | asam | - |
| أسام | asam | - |
| اسام | asam | - |
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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 Assam
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