Gassimou Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Gassimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gassimou (1,833) may also be a first name.
Gassimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gassimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gassimou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassimou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Gassimou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gassimou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 178,189th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,833 people.
The last name Gassimou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon Gassimou is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 79 percent are found, Centre Region, where 7 percent are found and North Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 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
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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 Gassimou
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