Basga Surname
Approximately 3,342 people bear this surname
Basga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,275 | 1:9,129 | 1,185 |
| Chad | 1,059 | 1:12,835 | 1,627 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Basga (7,308) may also be a first name.
Basga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basga occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Basga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 134,680th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,180,594 people. Basga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basga reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Basga is also the 75,437th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 7,308 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,275 people, or 1 in 9,129. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 71 percent reside, North Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Basga is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 32 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 0 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 Basga
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