Basanya Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Basanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2891:612,95129,166
Uganda851:459,28627,240
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Macau11:601,6301,582
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Basanya (56) may also be a first name.

Basanya Last Name Facts

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

Basanya (Hindi: बसन्या, Marathi: बसान्या, Russian: Басаня) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Basanya.

How Common Is The Last Name Basanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Basanya is the 722,496th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname Basanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Basanya are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 56 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 62 percent live, Ogun, where 12 percent live and Ondo, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 21 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Basanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Basanya in the Hindi language
बसन्याbasan'ya-
Basanya in the Marathi language
बसान्याbasan'ya28.57
बसन्याbasan'ya28.57
बसण्याbasanya28.57
बासन्याbasan'ya14.29
Basanya in the Russian language
Басаняbasana-

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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
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  • 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 Basanya
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