Samassou Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Samassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Samassou (22) may also be a first name.
Samassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samassou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samassou.
How Common Is The Last Name Samassou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samassou live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Chadic Africa. Samassou is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 329,668. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 95 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found and North Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 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
- 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 Samassou
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