Wessalam Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Wessalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Wessalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wessalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wessalam is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wessalam.
How Common Is The Last Name Wessalam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wessalam are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname Wessalam is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger Wessalam is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 86 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weissalam | 94 | 2 | / |
| Wassalam | 88 | 14 | / |
| Bessalam | 88 | 11 | / |
| Weisalam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wesselam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Weissalamne | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weissalaham | 84 | 1 | / |
| Beissalam | 82 | 12 | / |
| Waissalam | 82 | 9 | / |
| Wesalamne | 82 | 6 | / |
| Weissalan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wasalam | 80 | 80 | / |
| Besalam | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wesalian | 75 | 97 | / |
| Bissalam | 75 | 55 | / |
| Wasalaam | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wasallam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Baissalam | 71 | 6 | / |
| Beisaalam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wissoulam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vashsalam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Visalam | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bisalam | 67 | 16 | / |
| Vasalam | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waissalane | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bezalam | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uisalam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wesselheim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Besalan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waysalamne | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wessalam
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