Bakassi Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Bakassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bakassi (79) may also be a first name.
Bakassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakassi (Arabic: بآكاس) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakassi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakassi is the 672,867th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakassi live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 61 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,083,225th most common forename throughout the world, held by 79 people.
This surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Other than Morocco it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 29 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakassi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakassi in the Arabic language | ||
| بآكاس | bakas | - |
| باكاس | bakas | - |
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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 Bakassi
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