Bakassou Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Bakassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Bakassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakassou is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakassou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakassou is the 2,394,033rd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakassou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 55 percent live, North Region, where 39 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Cameroon Bakassou is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 34 percent live and Benin, where 14 percent live.
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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 Bakassou
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