Basilan Surname

69,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Basilan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basilan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines6,9151:14,6401,598
United States761:4,769,196247,034
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India101:76,706,538639,611
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
England11:55,718,059489,080

Basilan (173) may also be a first name.

Basilan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Basilan (Hindi: बसीलन) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Basilan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Basilan is the 69,604th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,024,395 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Basilan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 694,534th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 173 people.

The surname Basilan is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 6,915 people, or 1 in 14,640. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 23 percent reside, Eastern Visayas, where 14 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines Basilan is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Basilan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Basilan last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Basilan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 25.28% more than the national average, earning $54,059 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.9% less than the national average, earning $42,281 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Basilan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Basilan in the Hindi language
बसीलनbasilana-

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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 Basilan
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