Basora Surname
Approximately 2,638 people bear this surname
Basora Surname User-submission:
This surname is documented since IX century in the old Catalonia. The first reference is at the year 875 when the count Wilfred I of Barcelona, known as Wilfred the Hairy ("Guifré el Pilós" in Catalan language) who founded the origins of Catalonia, gives honours and properties to feudal nobles with "Bisaura" as lineage surname: the Besora's Castel ("Castell de Besora" in Catalan) which currently placed in the town "Santa Maria de Besora".
Read More About This SurnameBasora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 1,579 | 1:6,607 | 621 |
| United States | 345 | 1:1,050,606 | 76,867 |
| Spain | 308 | 1:151,792 | 11,199 |
| Venezuela | 161 | 1:187,603 | 5,267 |
| Mexico | 87 | 1:1,426,738 | 15,813 |
| France | 62 | 1:1,071,334 | 116,831 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Basora (175) may also be a first name.
Basora Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is documented since IX century in the old Catalonia. The first reference is at the year 875 when the count Wilfred I of Barcelona, known as Wilfred the Hairy ("Guifré el Pilós" in Catalan language) who founded the origins of Catalonia, gives honours and properties to feudal nobles with "Bisaura" as lineage surname: the Besora's Castel ("Castell de Besora" in Catalan) which currently placed in the town "Santa Maria de Besora". (Reference in Catalan: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_de_Besora_(Osona)" )A second fortification or castel was given to the "Besora" dinasty at the end of IX century, known as Besora's Castel ("Castell de Besora") as well, but in the town of "Navès" (Reference in Catalan: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_de_Besora).
But in this medieval period (IX century) the names "Bisaura", "Besora" and also "Bisora" were used without distinction: in the Romanic languages of these centuries (where Catalan derive from) the phonetic pronunciation of the words "Besora", "Bisora" and "Bisaura" are the same. But "Bisaura" has an older etymology: it is a composition of 3 words from Basque language (a pre-Roman or pre-latin language): "Bassa"+"uri"+"a" which means "the town of the forest" or "the town between ravines", according to the interpretation of different linguists. Around the X century, when the Catalan language was consolidated, the original etymology of "Bisaura" was transformed to "Besora", more in line with the pronunciation of this language, and the etymologies "Bisaura" or "Bisora" were lost.
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Average Basora Salary in
United States
$36,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Basora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basora (Hindi: बसोरा, Marathi: बसोरा) occurs most in The Dominican Republic. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basora? popularity and diffusion
Basora is the 164,440th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,762,527 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Basora are found; 60 percent are found in Caribbean and 60 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. Basora is also the 690,096th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 175 people.
The last name Basora is most frequent in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 1,579 people, or 1 in 6,607. Beside The Dominican Republic this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Spain, where 12 percent live.
Basora Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Basora surname are 10.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.41% being registered with the party.
The amount Basora earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.6% less than the national average, earning $36,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.95% less than the national average, earning $45,731 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basora in the Hindi language | ||
| बसोरा | basora | - |
| Basora in the Marathi language | ||
| बसोरा | basora | - |
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