Lassa Surname
Approximately 3,820 people bear this surname
Lassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,234 | 1:59,198 | 6,515 |
| United States | 316 | 1:1,147,022 | 82,337 |
| Palestine | 208 | 1:21,869 | 3,352 |
| Cameroon | 201 | 1:103,329 | 12,175 |
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Italy | 136 | 1:449,682 | 47,840 |
| Argentina | 99 | 1:431,752 | 32,722 |
| Spain | 89 | 1:525,304 | 25,940 |
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Uruguay | 10 | 1:343,176 | 22,254 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Lassa (1,889) may also be a first name.
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Lassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lassa (Hindi: लस्सा, Marathi: लासा, Russian: Ласса) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 120,120th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,907,735 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Lassa live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 174,927th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 1,889 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2,234 people, or 1 in 59,198. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 89 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 4 percent are found and West Kalimantan, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Palestine, where 5 percent are found.
Lassa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lassa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lassa last name increased 1,859 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lassa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lassa last name are 13.05% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.28% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lassa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning 339,359 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 95.14% more than the national average, earning $44,300,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 18.53% more than the national average, earning $51,144 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lassa in the Marathi language | ||
| लासा | lasa | - |
| Lassa in the Hindi language | ||
| लस्सा | las'sa | 75 |
| लाससा | lasasa | 16.67 |
| लससा | lasasa | 4.17 |
| लास्सा | las'sa | 4.17 |
| Lassa in the Russian language | ||
| Ласса | lassa | - |
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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 Lassa
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