Basou Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Basou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Basou (33) may also be a first name.
Basou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basou is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Basou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Basou reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Basou is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 33 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 61 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 32 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 16 percent live.
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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 Basou
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