Bassarou Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Bassarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 242 | 1:79,306 | 3,453 |
| Benin | 128 | 1:80,747 | 9,550 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bassarou (699) may also be a first name.
Bassarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassarou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺼﺮﻭ) is found most in Niger. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassarou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 742,570th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bassarou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 312,567th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 699 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 79,306. In Niger Bassarou is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 47 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 29 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bassarou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bassarou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺼﺮﻭ | bsrw | - |
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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 Bassarou
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