Basma Surname
Approximately 10,697 people bear this surname
Basma Surname User-submission:
Basma is an Arabic word which means a 'smile', a little one with out sound.
Basma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 5,125 | 1:17,939 | 2,088 |
| Morocco | 1,943 | 1:17,744 | 2,710 |
| Lebanon | 1,469 | 1:3,837 | 712 |
| Turkey | 365 | 1:213,209 | 15,404 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| United States | 223 | 1:1,625,376 | 108,854 |
| Romania | 163 | 1:123,177 | 13,536 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 1:924,820 | 68,783 |
| England | 125 | 1:445,744 | 29,621 |
| Senegal | 100 | 1:145,793 | 1,241 |
| Norway | 78 | 1:65,927 | 9,320 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Argentina | 53 | 1:806,480 | 53,420 |
| Pakistan | 49 | 1:3,645,794 | 27,204 |
| Palestine | 48 | 1:94,768 | 6,800 |
| Jordan | 47 | 1:188,137 | 9,239 |
| Tunisia | 41 | 1:14,893 | 2,440 |
| Sierra Leone | 36 | 1:196,934 | 344 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Algeria | 17 | 1:2,272,444 | 44,120 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Northern Cyprus | 14 | 1:22,786 | 5,518 |
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Basma (388,500) may also be a first name.
Basma Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Basma is an Arabic word which means a 'smile', a little one with out sound.
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Basma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Basma (Arabic: بَسما, Hindi: बसमा, Marathi: बसमा, Oriya: ବାସମା, Russian: Басма) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Basma is the 48,239th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 681,270 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Basma reside; 67 percent reside in North Africa and 48 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,668th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 388,500 people.
It is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 5,125 people, or 1 in 17,939. Besides Egypt this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 18 percent live and Lebanon, where 14 percent live.
Basma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Basma surname is primarily Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Basma surname are 7.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Basma earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning 352,859 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.11% more than the national average, earning $44,492 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $51,672 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basma in the Hindi language | ||
| बसमा | basama | 70.37 |
| बासमा | basama | 18.52 |
| बस्मा | basma | 11.11 |
| Basma in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାସମା | basama | 50 |
| ବସା | basa | 25 |
| ବସମା | basama | 25 |
| Basma in the Marathi language | ||
| बसमा | basama | 49.52 |
| बासमा | basama | 48.57 |
| बशे | base | 0.95 |
| Basma in the Russian language | ||
| Басма | basma | - |
| Basma in the Arabic language | ||
| بَسما | basma | - |
| بسمي | bsmy | - |
| باسمة | basmt | - |
| بسمة | bsmt | - |
| بسما | bsma | - |
| بسمه | bsmh | - |
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