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 is found most frequently in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basasa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 706,244th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. The last name Basasa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Basasa live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Basasa is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 21 people.
The last name Basasa is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 108,142. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kamwenge District, where 21 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 16 percent reside and Mbarara District, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda it is found in 7 countries. It is also common 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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