Bassassa Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bassassa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bassassa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon601:346,15131,109
Niger231:834,43619,133
Benin221:469,80032,108
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Bassassa (33) may also be a first name.

Bassassa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bassassa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bassassa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bassassa is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Bassassa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bassassa live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bassassa is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name globally, held by 33 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 63 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Bassassa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 21 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 Bassassa
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