Bashau Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Bashau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Bashau (20) may also be a first name.
Bashau Demographics
Bashau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bashau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bashau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bashau (Oriya: ବଶଉ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bashau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bashau is the 2,152,526th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Bashau live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bashau is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 73 percent are found, Oyo, where 11 percent are found and Zamfara, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Bashau occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Bashau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bashau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bashau last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bashau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bashau surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bashau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bashau in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଶଉ | basa'u | - |
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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 Bashau
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