Massama Surname
Approximately 874 people bear this surname
Massama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 505 | 1:41,127 | 5,478 |
| Niger | 274 | 1:70,044 | 3,181 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 | 1:411,986 | 13,976 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Massamá (48) are calculated separately.
Massama (6,802) may also be a first name.
Massama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massama is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as: Massamá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Massama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 401,796th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Massama reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 79,062nd most commonly used first name globally, held by 6,802 people.
Massama is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 41,127. In Cameroon Massama is most common in: Far North Region, where 84 percent reside, North Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside.
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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
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