Bassinga Surname
Approximately 4,560 people bear this surname
Bassinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,773 | 1:6,618 | 693 |
| Congo | 1,711 | 1:2,916 | 478 |
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Bassinga (37) may also be a first name.
Bassinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassinga is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassinga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 103,187th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,598,146 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bassinga reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bassinga is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name Bassinga is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2,773 people, or 1 in 6,618. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 71 percent are found, Centre Region, where 13 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 38 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Bassinga
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