Basiye Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Basiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Basiye (44) may also be a first name.
Basiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basiye occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Basiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Basiye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Basiye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 44 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya Basiye is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 82 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 12 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Basiye
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