Basanan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Basanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

The alternate forms: Başanan (1) are calculated separately.

Basanan Last Name Facts

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

Basanan is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Başanan. For other possible spellings of Basanan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Basanan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Basanan are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Basanan is mostly found in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 38 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 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 Basanan
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