Bassawy Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Bassawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bassawy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Bassawy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bassawy occurs most in Lebanon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bassawy? popularity and diffusion

Bassawy is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Bassawy occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bassawy reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Levant.

The last name Bassawy is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 704,635. In Lebanon it is primarily concentrated in: South Governorate, where 88 percent are found and Nabatiye Governorate, where 13 percent are found. Not including Lebanon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and Yemen, where 10 percent are found.

Bassawy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bassawy surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bassaway935/
Basawy922/
Bassawa8618/
Bassawe864/
Bessawy861/
Bassaby861/
Bashaway8010/
Baussavy808/
Basawa77308/
Basawe77166/
Basawi7717/
Bazawy773/
Basshauby750/
Bassabi712,707/
Bassave71232/
Bossavy71154/
Bashawi7173/
Bassabe7118/
Bossawi719/
Basaawa718/
Wassawa717/
Basabey712/
Bassava712/
Basaawe712/
Baisawa712/
Baysawa711/
Bossawa711/
Bashawa711/
Bassewe711/
Basauwe711/
Basawhe711/
Boissavy67264/
Bashawih67199/
Bassavet6780/
Baisawet6737/
Bashavey6721/
Basavaiy6715/
Bassouwa6711/
Basavaya675/
Bassabih673/
Bassabhi672/
Boussawa672/
Boshaway672/
Basovaya672/
Wassawit672/
Basawaid671/
Bassabea671/
Bachaway671/
Boussawe671/
Basaweid671/

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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 Bassawy
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