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
The surname Hamssa is found most frequently in Niger. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamssa? popularity and diffusion
Hamssa is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is predominantly found 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 widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,341 people.
The last name Hamssa is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger Hamssa is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 60 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 20 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Niger this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 26 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
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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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