Bassom Surname
Approximately 769 people bear this surname
Bassom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 592 | 1:35,083 | 4,717 |
| England | 142 | 1:392,381 | 27,229 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 42 | 1:580,366 | 29,847 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Bassom (45) may also be a first name.
Bassom Demographics
Average Bassom Salary in
United States
$65,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bassom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassom is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 444,080th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Bassom reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bassom is also the 1,504,468th most widespread first name in the world, held by 45 people.
Bassom is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 592 people, or 1 in 35,083. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 69 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 29 percent reside and Far North Region, where 0 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent reside and Wales, where 1 percent reside.
Bassom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bassom has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bassom last name grew 338 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bassom Last Name Statistics demography
Bassom earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.9% more than the national average, earning $65,542 USD per year.
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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 Bassom
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