Chassama Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Chassama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 277 | 1:191,125 | 16,438 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Chassama (12) may also be a first name.
Chassama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chassama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chassama occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chassama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chassama is the 937,786th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chassama live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chassama is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 12 people.
The last name Chassama is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 191,125. In Tanzania Chassama is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 65 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Chassama
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