Bassongo Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Bassongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Bassongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassongo occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bassongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bassongo are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 321,967. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Sud Region, where 95 percent reside, Centre Region, where 2 percent reside and Centre-Ouest Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Bassongo
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