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.
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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 held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gassama.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassama? popularity and diffusion
Gassama is the 10,100th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,723 people. This surname is primarily found 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 commonly used first name globally, borne by 134 people.
The last name Gassama is most frequently held in Senegal, where it is held by 21,685 people, or 1 in 672. In Senegal Gassama is primarily concentrated in: Dakar Region, where 24 percent reside, Sédhiou Region, where 15 percent reside and Tambacounda Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Senegal this surname is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 17 percent reside and The Gambia, where 16 percent reside.
Gassama Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gassama surname are 43.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.22% registered to vote for the 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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- 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gassama
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