Basif Surname
Approximately 1,263 people bear this surname
Basif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,189 | 1:22,225 | 2,288 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Basif (180) may also be a first name.
Basif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basif (Hindi: बासिफ, Marathi: बासीफ) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Basif.
How Common Is The Last Name Basif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 300,866th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,770,028 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Basif live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 679,247th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 180 people.
Basif is most frequent in Yemen, where it is carried by 1,189 people, or 1 in 22,225. In Yemen it is most frequent in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 94 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Yemen Basif is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basif in the Hindi language | ||
| बासिफ | basipha | 84.34 |
| बसीफ | basipha | 6.02 |
| बासीफ | basipha | 4.82 |
| बसिफ | basipha | 2.41 |
| वासिफ | vasipha | 2.41 |
| Basif in the Marathi language | ||
| बासीफ | basipha | 50 |
| बसीफ | basipha | 50 |
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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 Basif
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