Bassalou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bassalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Bassalou (16) may also be a first name.
Bassalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bassalou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassalou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bassalou are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bassalou is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent reside. Beside Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Bassalou
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