Habssa Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Habssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 95 | 1:43,104 | 3,266 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Habssa (693) may also be a first name.
Habssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Habssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Habssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺒﺼﻪ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Habssa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,795,579th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Habssa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Habssa is also the 314,062nd most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 693 people.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 43,104. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 36 percent live, Brakna Region, where 17 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Mauritania Habssa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Habssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Habssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺒﺼﻪ | hbsh | 32.41 |
| ﺣﺒﺴﻪ | hbsh | 25 |
| ﺣﺒﺼﺔ | hbst | 18.52 |
| ﺣﺒﺲ | hbs | 15.74 |
| ﺣﺒﺺ | hbs | 4.63 |
| ﺣﺒﺴﺔ | hbst | 2.78 |
| ﺣﺒﺼﺎ | hbsa | 0.93 |
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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 Habssa
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