Basalija Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Basalija Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basalija Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Bašalija (4) are calculated separately.

Basalija Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Basalija Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Basalija occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Bašalija. Click here for further possible spellings of Basalija.

How Common Is The Last Name Basalija? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Basalija reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Bundibugyo District, where 100 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 20 percent live and Norway, where 10 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 Basalija
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