Kassena Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kassena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 38 | 1:482,950 | 6,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kassena (23) may also be a first name.
Kassena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kassena is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kassena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kassena live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 482,950. In Burkina Faso Kassena is mostly concentrated in: Est Region, where 55 percent live, Centre Region, where 42 percent live and Centre-Est Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, 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 Kassena
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