Sassa Surname
Approximately 8,644 people bear this surname
Sassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 5,324 | 1:5,069 | 714 |
| Morocco | 852 | 1:40,465 | 6,572 |
| Benin | 467 | 1:22,132 | 2,968 |
| Brazil | 359 | 1:596,307 | 22,253 |
| United States | 210 | 1:1,725,995 | 114,113 |
| Congo | 204 | 1:24,456 | 2,674 |
| Cameroon | 189 | 1:109,889 | 12,825 |
| Ivory Coast | 169 | 1:136,516 | 6,541 |
| Japan | 150 | 1:852,295 | 18,638 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Niger | 66 | 1:290,788 | 8,823 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 36 | 1:165,907 | 17,348 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Algeria | 18 | 1:2,146,197 | 43,941 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Sassá (19), Sássa (1), Sassà (1) & Sássá (1) are calculated separately.
Sassa (686) may also be a first name.
Sassa Demographics
Average Sassa Salary in
United States
$49,264 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺳﻪ, Hindi: सस्सा, Russian: Сасса) occurs most in Angola. It can be found as: Sassá, Sássa, Sassà or Sássá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,489th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 843,076 people. Sassa is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Sassa are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 315,870th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 686 people.
The surname is most widespread in Angola, where it is carried by 5,324 people, or 1 in 5,069. Besides Angola this last name occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 5 percent reside.
Sassa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sassa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sassa surname increased 512 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sassa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sassa last name are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sassa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 16.99% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,092 per year; in United States they earn 14.17% more than the national average, earning $49,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.1% less than the national average, earning $40,689 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺳﻪ | alsash | - |
| Sassa in the Hindi language | ||
| सस्सा | sas'sa | - |
| Sassa in the Russian language | ||
| Сасса | sassa | - |
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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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- 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 Sassa
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