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 held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basirou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Basirou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Basirou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Basirou is also the 319,366th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 674 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 383,840. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 32 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 22 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
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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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