Kassum Surname
Approximately 665 people bear this surname
Kassum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Kassum (361) may also be a first name.
Kassum Demographics
Average Kassum Salary in
United States
$41,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kassum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kassum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kassum (Hindi: कससुम, Marathi: कासम, Russian: Кассум) is most common in Ghana. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kassum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kassum is the 496,112th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kassum live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 458,188th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 361 people.
The surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Excluding Ghana it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Kassum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kassum surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kassum earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.07% more than the national average, earning $66,612 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kassum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kassum in the Hindi language | ||
| कससुम | kasasuma | 75 |
| कस्सूम | kas'suma | 25 |
| Kassum in the Marathi language | ||
| कासम | kasama | 73.68 |
| सुम | suma | 26.32 |
| Kassum in the Russian language | ||
| Кассум | kassum | - |
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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 Kassum
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