Vassah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Vassah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Vassah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vassah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vassah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺼﺎﻩ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vassah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vassah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Vassah is most numerous in: Adrar Region, where 83 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania Vassah occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vassah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vassah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺼﺎﻩ | fsah | - |
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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 Vassah
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