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Where Does The Last Name Bashkir Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Bashkir (Russian: Башкир) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bashkir? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Bashkir is the 897,852^nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Bashkir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Bashkir live; 37 percent live in West Asia and 32 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Bashkir is also the 1,637,361^st most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 39 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 917,981. In Russia Bashkir is mostly concentrated in: Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 17 percent are found, Bashkortostan Republic, where 16 percent are found and Moscow, where 12 percent are found. Barring Russia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 31 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent are found.

Bashkir Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bashkir surname is principally Muslim (82%) in Russia, Shiite (91%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Bashkir surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the party.