Hamssa Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Hamssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Hamssa (2,341) may also be a first name.
Hamssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamssa occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamssa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Hamssa occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Hamssa live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 153,714th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 2,341 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 60 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 20 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 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 Hamssa
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