Assana Surname
Approximately 5,700 people bear this surname
Assana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,231 | 1:4,909 | 590 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 209 | 1:110,389 | 5,588 |
| Niger | 188 | 1:102,085 | 4,171 |
| Indonesia | 116 | 1:1,140,079 | 81,531 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Assanâ (2) are calculated separately.
Assana (47,557) may also be a first name.
Assana Demographics
Average Assana Salary in
United States
$28,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Assana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Assana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﺎﻧﺎ, Hindi: अससाना, Marathi: सना) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Assanâ. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Assana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,719th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,278,517 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Assana reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 19,283rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 47,557 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4,231 people, or 1 in 4,909. In Cameroon Assana is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 51 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 19 percent live and North Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Cameroon Assana is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 12 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Assana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Assana surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the political party.
Assana earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.67% less than the national average, earning $28,188 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assana in the Marathi language | ||
| सना | sana | - |
| Assana in the Hindi language | ||
| अससाना | asasana | 66.67 |
| अस्साना | as'sana | 22.22 |
| आससाना | asasana | 11.11 |
| Assana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﺎﻧﺎ | asana | 50 |
| ﻋﺴﻨﺎ | sna | 16.67 |
| ﺍﺳﺎﻧﺎ | asana | 16.67 |
| ﺁﺻﺎﻧﺎ | asana | 16.67 |
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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 Assana
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