Bassawan Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Bassawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bassawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bassawan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bassawan occurs most in Trinidad and Tobago. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bassawan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Bassawan reside; 67 percent reside in Caribbean and 67 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name is most frequently held in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 71,788. In Trinidad and Tobago it is most common in: Penal-Debe Regional Corporation, where 47 percent live, Princes Town Regional Corporation, where 47 percent live and Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation, where 5 percent live. Not including Trinidad and Tobago this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 17 percent live and Guyana, where 13 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
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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 Bassawan
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