Basit Surname
Approximately 76,607 people bear this surname
Basit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 48,799 | 1:3,661 | 395 |
| Indonesia | 7,650 | 1:17,287 | 2,125 |
| India | 4,501 | 1:170,421 | 10,532 |
| Bangladesh | 4,326 | 1:36,837 | 2,239 |
| Philippines | 2,384 | 1:42,466 | 6,744 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,027 | 1:15,222 | 2,105 |
| Ghana | 2,009 | 1:13,450 | 1,752 |
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 804 | 1:11,396 | 1,421 |
| United States | 376 | 1:963,987 | 71,704 |
| England | 317 | 1:175,767 | 15,993 |
| Afghanistan | 266 | 1:120,877 | 2,865 |
| Jordan | 235 | 1:37,627 | 4,329 |
| Malaysia | 205 | 1:143,874 | 9,060 |
| Turkey | 157 | 1:495,678 | 28,259 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 133 | 1:277,035 | 25,971 |
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Israel | 100 | 1:85,576 | 10,209 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Guyana | 18 | 1:42,346 | 4,061 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Basit (37,967) may also be a first name.
Basit Demographics
Average Male Basit Height
177.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Basit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Basit (Arabic: باسيط, Bengali: বাছিত, Hindi: बासित, Marathi: बासीत, Oriya: ବାସିତ, Russian: Басит) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basit? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,419th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,129 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Basit reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 23,208th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 37,967 people.
It is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 48,799 people, or 1 in 3,661. In Pakistan Basit is most common in: Punjab, where 29 percent reside, Sindh, where 24 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan Basit exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Basit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Basit has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Basit last name grew 12,533 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 31,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Basit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Greek Orthodox (60%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Basit surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered with the party.
The amount Basit earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.84% less than the national average, earning 339,721 kr per year; in United States they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $46,170 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% more than the national average, earning $50,582 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basit in the Hindi language | ||
| बासित | basita | 86.82 |
| बासीत | basita | 6.34 |
| बसित | basita | 3.11 |
| बसीत | basita | 2.11 |
| वासित | vasita | 1 |
| वशीत | vasita | 0.12 |
| बसीट | basita | 0.12 |
| वासीत | vasita | 0.12 |
| Basit in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାସିତ | basita | 55.38 |
| ବାସିତ୍ | basit | 32.31 |
| ବସିତ୍ | basit | 4.62 |
| ବସିତ | basita | 4.62 |
| ବାସୀତ୍ | basit | 1.54 |
| ବଶିତ | basita | 1.54 |
| Basit in the Bengali language | ||
| বাছিত | bachita | 52.94 |
| বাসিত | basita | 29.41 |
| বসিত | basita | 5.88 |
| বছিত | bachita | 5.88 |
| বছিত্ | bachit | 2.94 |
| বাসীত | basita | 2.94 |
| Basit in the Marathi language | ||
| बासीत | basita | 47.62 |
| बािसत | baisata | 26.19 |
| बसीत | basita | 7.48 |
| अबासीत | abasita | 5.78 |
| अबािसत | abaisata | 5.44 |
| बासीन | basina | 1.02 |
| बशीर | basira | 1.02 |
| बसीट | basita | 0.85 |
| बासीक | basika | 0.34 |
| बासीम | basima | 0.17 |
| बाशीत | basita | 0.17 |
| बासीद | basida | 0.17 |
| बसीन | basina | 0.17 |
| बासीट | basita | 0.17 |
| Basit in the Russian language | ||
| Басит | basit | - |
| Basit in the Arabic language | ||
| باسيط | basyt | - |
| باسط | bast | - |
| الباسط | albast | - |
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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 Basit
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