Basiwa Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Basiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1911:530,04360,758
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Basiwa Last Name Facts

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

Basiwa has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Basiwa is the 1,177,228th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Basiwa reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 530,043. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 83 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 7 percent are found and Cordillera Administrative Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring The Philippines this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bassiwa9215/
Bashiwa921/
Bashiewa861/
Bosiwa83383/
Basiwe83181/
Basiba83164/
Bagiwa8375/
Besiwa8341/
Basewa8334/
Basiva8310/
Bajiwa835/
Baziwa833/
Basiwo831/
Basiwi831/
Basieva77888/
Bashiba77148/
Basisua7741/
Bassiba7723/
Bassewa7715/
Basewad7711/
Bachiwa7711/
Bosiwad775/
Mpasiwa772/
Bashiva772/
Basibai772/
Bagiwwa771/
Basiwio771/
Beshiwa771/
Bassiva771/
Baysiva771/
Baasiba771/
Basjwha771/
Basiwey771/
Basivad771/
Basivat771/
Basivas771/
Bazhiwa771/
Basiewe771/
Basibaa771/
Bagiwah771/
Baysieva712,766/
Bashieva71259/
Batsieva7170/
Basibhai7119/
Baitsiwi719/
Bahsieva713/
Baxsieva711/
Boshiewa711/
Basszewa711/
Bhosiwad711/
Baisivat711/
Baishiva711/
Bashewad711/
Baziba67638/
Basevi67272/
Basebi67193/
Baseva67142/
Basibe6778/
Basivi6774/
Bagewa6754/
Bagiba6731/
Besewa6729/
Basshieva6714/
Basibo6714/
Baziva6712/
Bajewa678/
Basibi675/
Bosewa675/
Bagiva674/
Vasiva674/
Baschieva674/
Bhoshiwad672/
Baseba672/
Baschivah671/
Basive671/
Bashaibah671/
Bazewa671/
Basiweicz671/
Bagiwo671/
Bajjwa671/
Basywy671/

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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 Basiwa
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