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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Massamá. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 401,796th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,338,153 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Massama are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 79,062nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 6,802 people.
Massama is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 41,127. In Cameroon Massama is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 84 percent are found, North Region, where 6 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 31 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found.
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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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