Basasa Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Basasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 361 | 1:108,142 | 10,617 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Basasa (21) may also be a first name.
Basasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basasa occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 706,244th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 17,518,139 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basasa reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Basasa is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 21 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 108,142. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kamwenge District, where 21 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 16 percent reside and Mbarara District, where 6 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Basasa
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