Kassoum Surname
Approximately 12,159 people bear this surname
Kassoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8,972 | 1:2,139 | 238 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,461 | 1:9,375 | 783 |
| Cameroon | 405 | 1:51,282 | 6,710 |
| Benin | 242 | 1:42,709 | 5,480 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kassoum (67,519) may also be a first name.
Kassoum Demographics
Average Kassoum Salary in
United States
$18,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kassoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kassoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﺳﻮﻡ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 42,806th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 599,354 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kassoum reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 14,305th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 67,519 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 8,972 people, or 1 in 2,139. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 36 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 27 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Niger this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Kassoum Last Name Statistics demography
Kassoum earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kassoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kassoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﺳﻮﻡ | qaswm | 28 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ | alqasm | 24 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻮﻡ | kaswm | 20 |
| ﻛﺎﺳﻢ | kasm | 16 |
| ﻗﺎﺳﻢ | qasm | 12 |
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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 Kassoum
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