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 last name Bakassi (Arabic: بآكاس) occurs most in Morocco. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bakassi.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakassi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 672,867th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The surname Bakassi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakassi reside; 61 percent reside in North Africa and 61 percent reside in Mahgreb. Bakassi is also the 1,083,225th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 79 people.
The surname Bakassi is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Aside from Morocco this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
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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