Tassama Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Tassama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tassama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania681:778,55342,281
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tassama (46) may also be a first name.

Tassama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tassama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tassama occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tassama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tassama is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tassama live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tassama is also the 1,484,914th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 778,553. In Tanzania it is most common in: Arusha Region, where 96 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Tassama occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and The United States, 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
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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 Tassama
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