Basrani Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Basrani Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the names of two places: a village named Basraon in Punjab, India and the Al Basrah city in Iraq. The meaning of the surname is 'cheiftains of a state' as the Rajput rulers of India used to call them.

Basrani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1971:3,893,733106,713
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Iran171:4,516,619115,816
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Basrani (699) may also be a first name.

Basrani Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the names of two places: a village named Basraon in Punjab, India and the Al Basrah city in Iraq. The meaning of the surname is 'cheiftains of a state' as the Rajput rulers of India used to call them.

- arjun basraon

Basrani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Basrani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Basrani (Hindi: बसरानी, Marathi: बसरानी) is found most frequently in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basrani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 910,497th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The surname Basrani is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Basrani reside; 74 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 312,567th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 699 people.

The last name Basrani is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 3,893,733. In India Basrani is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 57 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 12 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent live. Not including India this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Iran, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Basrani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Basrani in the Hindi language
बसरानीbasarani87.5
बसरनीbasarani12.5
Basrani in the Marathi language
बसरानीbasarani76.92
बसराणीbasarani17.31
बासरांनीbasaranni1.92
वसरानीvasarani1.92
बासराणीbasarani1.92

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