Basi Surname
Approximately 17,201 people bear this surname
Basi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,640 | 1:10,305 | 1,452 |
| South Africa | 2,855 | 1:18,976 | 2,400 |
| India | 2,652 | 1:289,240 | 16,388 |
| Philippines | 1,401 | 1:72,261 | 12,459 |
| England | 920 | 1:60,563 | 7,173 |
| Nigeria | 712 | 1:248,796 | 14,402 |
| Canada | 606 | 1:60,801 | 7,144 |
| Nepal | 569 | 1:50,054 | 1,497 |
| United States | 507 | 1:714,909 | 56,330 |
| Indonesia | 493 | 1:268,254 | 24,252 |
| Brazil | 419 | 1:510,917 | 19,207 |
| DR Congo | 410 | 1:180,194 | 18,301 |
| Papua New Guinea | 348 | 1:23,430 | 2,560 |
| Pakistan | 290 | 1:616,013 | 9,722 |
| Iran | 211 | 1:363,898 | 24,031 |
| Solomon Islands | 187 | 1:3,102 | 314 |
| Malaysia | 151 | 1:195,326 | 11,563 |
| Spain | 93 | 1:502,710 | 25,213 |
| Greece | 85 | 1:130,350 | 21,743 |
| Taiwan | 72 | 1:325,621 | 2,606 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Italy | 70 | 1:873,667 | 66,008 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Georgia | 20 | 1:187,277 | 11,596 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Başi (186), Baši (2) & Basí (1) are calculated separately.
Basi (22,012) may also be a first name.
Basi Demographics
Average Male Basi Height
175.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Basi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basi (Arabic: باصي, Bengali: বাসী, Georgian: ბასი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺳﻲ, Hindi: बसी, Marathi: बसी, Oriya: ବାସି, Russian: Баси) is borne by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Başi, Baši or Basí. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,046th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 423,670 people. Basi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Basi live; 22 percent live in South Asia and 21 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 35,192nd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 22,012 people.
Basi is most commonly used in Sudan, where it is carried by 3,640 people, or 1 in 10,305. Besides Sudan this surname exists in 80 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and India, where 15 percent reside.
Basi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Basi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Basi surname rose 25,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Basi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Basi surname are 2.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.11% being registered with the party.
The amount Basi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.66% less than the national average, earning R 126,756 per year; in United States they earn 32.28% more than the national average, earning $57,076 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.98% more than the national average, earning $58,121 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basi in the Georgian language | ||
| ბასი | basi | - |
| Basi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺳﻲ | basy | - |
| Basi in the Bengali language | ||
| বাসী | basi | 90.13 |
| বাসি | basi | 4.28 |
| বাশী | basi | 2.96 |
| বাঁশী | bamsi | 0.99 |
| বাশি | basi | 0.33 |
| বসি | basi | 0.33 |
| বাঁসী | bamsi | 0.33 |
| বাঁশি | bamsi | 0.33 |
| Basi in the Hindi language | ||
| बसी | basi | 74.65 |
| बासी | basi | 23.61 |
| बसि | basi | 1.18 |
| वसी | vasi | 0.28 |
| बासि | basi | 0.07 |
| वासी | vasi | 0.07 |
| Basi in the Marathi language | ||
| बसी | basi | 67.02 |
| बासी | basi | 28.72 |
| बन्सी | bansi | 1.6 |
| बऩ्सी | bansi | 1.06 |
| अबसी | abasi | 0.53 |
| Basi in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାସି | basi | 42.77 |
| ବାସୀ | basi | 34.25 |
| ବସି | basi | 13.65 |
| ବାଶି | basi | 2.53 |
| ବଶି | basi | 2.37 |
| ବସୀ | basi | 2.06 |
| ବଶୀ | basi | 0.54 |
| ବାଶୀ | basi | 0.39 |
| େବସି | ebasi | 0.04 |
| ବାଂସି | bansi | 0.04 |
| ବିଶି | bisi | 0.04 |
| ବାଜି | baji | 0.04 |
| ମାରାି | marai | 0.04 |
| Basi in the Russian language | ||
| Баси | basi | - |
| Basi in the Arabic language | ||
| باصي | basy | - |
| بعسي | bsy | - |
| بعاصي | basy | - |
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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 Basi
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