Gassame Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Gassame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 51 | 1:285,869 | 1,629 |
| Mauritania | 45 | 1:90,997 | 5,761 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Gassamé (88) are calculated separately.
Gassame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gassame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gassame is found most in Senegal. It may occur as a variant: Gassamé. Click here for further potential spellings of Gassame.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,765,740th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gassame reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Gassame is most widespread in Senegal, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 285,869. In Senegal it is primarily concentrated in: Matam Region, where 61 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 20 percent are found and Diourbel Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Senegal Gassame exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 42 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Gassame
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