Basamba Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Basamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Basamba (53) may also be a first name.
Basamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basamba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺻﻤﺐ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 778,856th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Basamba are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 53 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 257,420. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basamba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺻﻤﺐ | basmb | - |
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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 Basamba
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