Sassay Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Sassay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
Sassay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sassay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sassay is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sassay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sassay is the 3,730,171st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Sassay live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 209,930. In Liberia Sassay is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 48 percent reside, Lofa County, where 38 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 5 percent reside. Not including Liberia Sassay is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 18 percent reside and France, where 4 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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