Assaya Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Assaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 148 | 1:140,332 | 15,641 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Assaya (72) may also be a first name.
Assaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Assaya is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assaya? popularity and diffusion
Assaya is the 1,104,724th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Assaya are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 72 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 88 percent are found, North Region, where 11 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 7 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 Assaya
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