Kassamou Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Kassamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Kassamou (28) may also be a first name.
Kassamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kassamou is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kassamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kassamou live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kassamou is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 710,815. In Niger Kassamou is most numerous in: Niamey Capital District, where 56 percent live, Dosso Region, where 37 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kassamou
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