Bassoun Surname
Approximately 1,210 people bear this surname
Bassoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1,182 | 1:4,769 | 855 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bassoun (47) may also be a first name.
Bassoun Demographics
Bassoun Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Bassoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bassoun has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 311,195th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,022,765 people. The last name Bassoun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Bassoun live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant. Bassoun is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 47 people.
Bassoun is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is carried by 1,182 people, or 1 in 4,769. In Lebanon Bassoun is most prevalent in: South Governorate, where 86 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 4 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 4 percent live. Other than Lebanon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and Yemen, where 0 percent live.
Bassoun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.
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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 Bassoun
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