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) is most common in Morocco. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bakassi.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakassi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 672,867th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name Bakassi is predominantly 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 first name in the world, borne by 79 people.
The surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Not including Morocco this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Bakassi
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