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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dassam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Dassam occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Dassam live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 35 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 84 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria Dassam is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 19 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Dassam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dassam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dassam surname fell 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
- 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 Dassam
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