Gassama Surname
Approximately 55,748 people bear this surname
Gassama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 21,685 | 1:672 | 96 |
| Mali | 9,616 | 1:1,765 | 171 |
| Gambia | 9,116 | 1:211 | 51 |
| Sierra Leone | 8,757 | 1:810 | 153 |
| Guinea | 2,289 | 1:5,170 | 235 |
| France | 2,245 | 1:29,587 | 3,618 |
| Mauritania | 740 | 1:5,534 | 647 |
| Spain | 433 | 1:107,972 | 8,631 |
| United States | 256 | 1:1,415,855 | 97,523 |
| England | 115 | 1:484,505 | 31,272 |
| Israel | 108 | 1:79,237 | 9,601 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Ivory Coast | 50 | 1:461,425 | 15,070 |
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gassama (134) may also be a first name.
Gassama Demographics
Average Gassama Salary in
United States
$35,649 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gassama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gassama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gassama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺳﺎﻣﺎ, Hindi: गस्समा) is most common in Senegal. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gassama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,100th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,723 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gassama live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 800,975th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 134 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is carried by 21,685 people, or 1 in 672. In Senegal it is primarily concentrated in: Dakar Region, where 24 percent are found, Sédhiou Region, where 15 percent are found and Tambacounda Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including Senegal it exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 17 percent are found and The Gambia, where 16 percent are found.
Gassama Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gassama last name are 43.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.22% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gassama earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.38% less than the national average, earning $35,649 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.55% less than the national average, earning $21,088 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gassama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gassama in the Hindi language | ||
| गस्समा | gas'sama | - |
| Gassama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺳﺎﻣﺎ | kasama | 57.79 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻤﺎ | kasma | 26.62 |
| ﻗﺎﺳﻤﺎ | qasma | 3.25 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻢ | kasm | 2.6 |
| ﻛﺼﺎﻣﻪ | ksamh | 1.3 |
| ﻛﺴﺎﻣﺎ | ksama | 1.3 |
| ﻛﺎﺻﺎﻣﺎ | kasama | 1.3 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻤﻮ | alqasmw | 0.65 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻤﻲ | kasmy | 0.65 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﺎﻡ | kasam | 0.65 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻤﻪ | kasmh | 0.65 |
| ﻗﺎﺳﺎﻣﺎ | qasama | 0.65 |
| ﻏﺴﻤﺎ | ghsma | 0.65 |
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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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