Bassaou Surname
Approximately 1,913 people bear this surname
Bassaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,901 | 1:5,437 | 717 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bassaou (377) may also be a first name.
Bassaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bassaou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bassaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bassaou is the 214,907th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,809,486 people. The surname Bassaou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bassaou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 377 people.
The last name Bassaou is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 1,901 people, or 1 in 5,437. In Benin Bassaou is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 91 percent live, Borgou Department, where 4 percent live and Atakora Department, where 2 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent live and Algeria, where 0 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 Bassaou
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