Wassam Surname
Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname
Wassam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Iraq | 335 | 1:104,542 | 3,094 |
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Yemen | 20 | 1:1,321,265 | 11,943 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
Wassam (587) may also be a first name.
Wassam Demographics
Average Wassam Salary in
United States
$38,470 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wassam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wassam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wassam occurs most in Chad. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wassam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 308,515th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,958,746 people. The surname Wassam occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Wassam live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa. Wassam is also the 345,345th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 587 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Outside of Chad this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 22 percent live.
Wassam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wassam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wassam surname expanded 335 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wassam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wassam surname are 18.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65% being registered to vote for the party.
Wassam earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.84% less than the national average, earning $38,470 USD per year.
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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 Wassam
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