Tamassa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Tamassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Tamassa (44) may also be a first name.
Tamassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺎﺻﻪ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamassa is the 3,957,383rd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Tamassa are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Tamassa is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 44 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is most common in: Assaba Region, where 92 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and Benin, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺎﺻﻪ | tmash | 50 |
| ﺗﻤﺎﺹ | tmas | 50 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tamassa
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