Banso Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Banso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Burkina Faso | 51 | 1:359,845 | 5,851 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Banso (13,427) may also be a first name.
Banso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banso (Hindi: बन्सो, Marathi: बन्सो) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 777,192nd most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Banso live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 50,153rd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 13,427 people.
Banso is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 65 percent live, Niger, where 10 percent live and Ekiti, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria Banso is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banso in the Hindi language | ||
| बन्सो | banso | 68.3 |
| बंसो | banso | 27.52 |
| बांसो | banso | 1.97 |
| बंशो | banso | 0.98 |
| बनसो | banaso | 0.98 |
| वंशू | vansu | 0.25 |
| Banso in the Marathi language | ||
| बन्सो | banso | 66.67 |
| बंसो | banso | 22.22 |
| बन्सी | bansi | 11.11 |
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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 Banso
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