Dassam Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Dassam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Dassam (35) may also be a first name.
Dassam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dassam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dassam (Bengali: দাসসাম) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dassam.
How Common Is The Last Name Dassam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Dassam reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 35 people.
Dassam is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 84 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 19 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Dassam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dassam has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dassam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dassam in the Bengali language | ||
| দাসসাম | dasasama | - |
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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 Dassam
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