Basrah Surname
Approximately 1,625 people bear this surname
Basrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 563 | 1:46,937 | 3,832 |
| Indonesia | 410 | 1:322,559 | 28,296 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Pakistan | 182 | 1:981,560 | 12,846 |
| Malaysia | 82 | 1:359,686 | 19,062 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Basrah (9,793) may also be a first name.
Basrah Demographics
Basrah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Basrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basrah (Arabic: بسره, Marathi: बसराह) occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basrah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 245,043rd most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Basrah live; 39 percent live in West Asia and 35 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 62,125th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 9,793 people.
The last name is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 46,937. In Yemen Basrah is mostly concentrated in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 91 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 8 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent live. Excluding Yemen this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Egypt, where 17 percent live.
Basrah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Basrah last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basrah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basrah in the Marathi language | ||
| बसराह | basaraha | - |
| Basrah in the Arabic language | ||
| بسره | bsrh | - |
| بصره | bsrh | - |
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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
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- 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 Basrah
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