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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dassam.
How Common Is The Last Name Dassam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Dassam are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 35 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 84 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 19 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Dassam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dassam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dassam 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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