Kassam Surname
Approximately 11,241 people bear this surname
Kassam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2,076 | 1:17,748 | 2,526 |
| Malawi | 1,673 | 1:10,233 | 1,583 |
| Nigeria | 1,079 | 1:164,173 | 10,268 |
| England | 1,053 | 1:52,914 | 6,481 |
| Kenya | 807 | 1:57,224 | 5,669 |
| United States | 768 | 1:471,952 | 40,109 |
| Tanzania | 737 | 1:71,834 | 7,511 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Algeria | 261 | 1:148,014 | 19,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Yemen | 179 | 1:147,627 | 7,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 148 | 1:55,093 | 6,981 |
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| United Arab Emirates | 116 | 1:78,985 | 7,143 |
| Pakistan | 107 | 1:1,669,569 | 17,354 |
| Lebanon | 89 | 1:63,338 | 4,742 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Syria | 70 | 1:275,729 | 4,400 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Mozambique | 49 | 1:556,359 | 1,404 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Kassam (1,463) may also be a first name.
Kassam Demographics
Average Male Kassam Height
172.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kassam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kassam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ, Marathi: कासम, Russian: Кассам) is found most in Canada. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 46,139th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 648,300 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kassam are found; 25 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kassam is also the 203,712th most common first name throughout the world, held by 1,463 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 2,076 people, or 1 in 17,748. In Canada it is mostly found in: Ontario, where 50 percent live, British Columbia, where 25 percent live and Alberta, where 24 percent live. Without taking into account Canada this surname exists in 75 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Kassam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kassam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kassam last name increased 8,533 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kassam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (90%) in Kenya and Druze (96%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kassam last name are 12.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Kassam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.41% less than the national average, earning 240,828 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.39% less than the national average, earning R 134,532 per year; in United States they earn 42.75% more than the national average, earning $61,597 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.32% more than the national average, earning $60,274 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kassam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kassam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ | alqasm | - |
| Kassam in the Marathi language | ||
| कासम | kasama | 84.09 |
| कािसम | kaisama | 9.09 |
| कसम | kasama | 6.82 |
| Kassam in the Russian language | ||
| Кассам | kassam | - |
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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 Kassam
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