Ghassim Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Ghassim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ghassim (338) may also be a first name.
Ghassim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghassim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghassim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ) occurs most in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghassim? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Ghassim occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Ghassim live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe. Ghassim is also the 475,334th most frequently used forename globally, held by 338 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany Ghassim is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 7 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghassim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghassim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ | alqasm | 69.23 |
| ﻗﺎﺳﻢ | qasm | 30.77 |
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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 Ghassim
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