Bassama Surname
Approximately 603 people bear this surname
Bassama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 481 | 1:43,179 | 5,721 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Bassama (2,079) may also be a first name.
Bassama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bassama (Arabic: بسامي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺻﻤﺎ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bassama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 534,813th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bassama reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bassama is also the 165,273rd most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 2,079 people.
The surname Bassama is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 43,179. In Cameroon Bassama is most common in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 43 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside and Liberia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bassama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bassama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺻﻤﺎ | basma | - |
| Bassama in the Arabic language | ||
| بسامي | bsamy | - |
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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 Bassama
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