Sassen Surname
Approximately 2,989 people bear this surname
Sassen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,381 | 1:58,295 | 7,532 |
| Netherlands | 869 | 1:19,433 | 3,052 |
| United States | 325 | 1:1,115,258 | 80,547 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 65 | 1:772,595 | 48,648 |
The alternate forms: Sässen (7) & Sassén (4) are calculated separately.
Sassen Demographics
Average Sassen Salary in
United States
$46,548 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sassen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sassen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sassen (Arabic: ساسن, Russian: Сассен) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Sässen or Sassén. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sassen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sassen is the 148,008th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,438,122 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Sassen reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Sassen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,381 people, or 1 in 58,295. In Germany Sassen is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 39 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live and Hamburg, where 5 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Sassen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sassen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sassen surname expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sassen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sassen surname are 24.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Sassen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning R 253,296 per year; in United States they earn 7.88% more than the national average, earning $46,548 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning $47,858 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sassen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sassen in the Russian language | ||
| Сассен | sassen | - |
| Sassen in the Arabic language | ||
| ساسن | sasn | - |
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Sassen Reference & Research
Sasser DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sasser FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sassen
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