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
Massama is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Massamá. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Massama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 401,796th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 frequently used first name in the world It is held by 6,802 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 41,127. In Cameroon Massama is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 84 percent reside, North Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found 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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