Dassama Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dassama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dassama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1631:27,0462,616
Niger381:505,05313,208
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533

Dassama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dassama is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dassama? popularity and diffusion

Dassama is the 1,085,744th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dassama live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 27,046. In Liberia Dassama is most frequent in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 67 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 27 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Dassama Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dassama last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% registered with the party.

Dassama earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.45% more than the national average, earning $50,679 USD per year.

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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
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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 Dassama
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