Basirou Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Basirou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Basirou (674) may also be a first name.
Basirou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basirou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basirou is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Basirou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basirou? popularity and diffusion
Basirou is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Basirou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 319,366th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 674 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 383,840. In Niger Basirou is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 32 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 22 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Basirou
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