Basiru Surname
Approximately 94,912 people bear this surname
Basiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93,274 | 1:1,899 | 256 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Indonesia | 545 | 1:242,659 | 22,279 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Basiru (139,336) may also be a first name.
Basiru Demographics
Basiru Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Basiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basiru (Hindi: बसीरु, Marathi: बिसरु, Oriya: ବଶିରୁ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Basiru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basiru? popularity and diffusion
Basiru is the 5,938th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 76,782 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Basiru live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 7,515th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 139,336 people.
Basiru is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 93,274 people, or 1 in 1,899. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 12 percent reside, Zamfara, where 12 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Basiru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Basiru surname is primarily Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basiru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basiru in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଶିରୁ | basiru | - |
| Basiru in the Hindi language | ||
| बसीरु | basiru | 57.14 |
| बसीरू | basiru | 32.14 |
| बशीरू | basiru | 7.14 |
| बसिरु | basiru | 3.57 |
| Basiru in the Marathi language | ||
| बिसरु | bisaru | 50 |
| बसीरु | basiru | 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
- 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 Basiru
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