Cássia Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Cássia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cássia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4101:522,13319,608
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Cassia (3,090), Càssia (2), Cassía (2) & Cassiá (1) are calculated separately.

Cássia (2,055) may also be a first name.

Cássia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cássia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cássia is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Cassia, Càssia, Cassía or Cassiá. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cássia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 707,442nd most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cássia live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America. Cássia is also the 166,363rd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 2,055 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 522,133. In Brazil Cássia is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 31 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 28 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 0 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cassia943,090/
Càssia942/
Cásia911/
Cassía892/
Cassiá891/
D'Cássia862/
Cossia83492/
Cássio83129/
Cáscia832/
Cóssia831/
Cassias77205/
Cossiah7735/
Cassiat7733/
Dcassia774/
Cassiah773/
Chassia772/
Cossias771/
Cassiay771/
Caissia771/
Cassiha771/
Casia7315,107/
Cosia73122/
Kásia731/
Coussias714/
Coissiat712/
D'cassia712/
Cossio6730,337/
Kossia679,233/
Coscia678,807/
Casias673,810/
Cassio671,978/
Kassia671,618/
Cascia67858/
Chasia67399/
Cosias6783/
Caisia6751/
Chosia6736/
Casiah6735/
Causia6725/
Cashia6721/
Coshia6715/
Cóssio675/
Ccasia674/
Kássio674/
Cassya673/
Casiaz672/
Casiad671/
Cassea671/
Cosiah671/
Cóscia671/
Càssio671/
Zassia671/
Qassia671/
Tcheissia671/
Ciosia671/
Coszia671/
Casiaj671/

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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 Cássia
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