Basambo Surname

382,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 930 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Basambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5491:322,66417,723
DR Congo3761:196,48819,671
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Basambo (48) may also be a first name.

Basambo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Basambo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Basambo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Basambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Basambo is the 382,699th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,836,071 people. The last name Basambo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basambo reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Basambo is also the 1,448,253rd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 48 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 322,664. In Nigeria Basambo is most numerous in: Yobe, where 73 percent reside, Kwara, where 13 percent reside and Taraba, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 40 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Basambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Basambo surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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
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  • 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 Basambo
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