Bashilu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bashilu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bashilu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bashilu (511) may also be a first name.

Bashilu Last Name Facts

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

Bashilu is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bashilu.

How Common Is The Last Name Bashilu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bashilu are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 511 people.

The last name Bashilu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Bashilu is most frequent in: Benue, where 50 percent reside, Ogun, where 38 percent reside and Sokoto, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 38 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 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
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  • 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 Bashilu
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