Assett Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Assett Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
Assett Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Assett Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Assett (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺳﺖ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Assett? popularity and diffusion
The surname Assett is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Assett live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Assett Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Assett in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺳﺖ | ast | 90 |
| ﺁﺳﻴﺖ | asyt | 10 |
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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 Assett
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