Bassonga Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Bassonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 258 | 1:19,338 | 2,266 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bassonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassonga is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassonga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bassonga are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bassonga is most numerous in The Congo, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 19,338. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 97 percent reside, Cuvette Department, where 2 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account The Congo Bassonga occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 1 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 Bassonga
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