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 last name Bassassa is found most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bassassa.

How Common Is The Last Name Bassassa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bassassa reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bassassa is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 33 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 63 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 21 percent reside and Benin, where 21 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 Bassassa
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