Basongo Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
Basongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 698 | 1:105,845 | 11,745 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Basongo (43) may also be a first name.
Basongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Basongo is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Basongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 470,770th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. Basongo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Basongo live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 43 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 698 people, or 1 in 105,845. Beside The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Basongo
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