Gassom Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gassom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Gassom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gassom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gassom occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gassom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gassom is the 4,649,889th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Gassom are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 77 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found and East Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.
Gassom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gassom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gassom last name fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gassom
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