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
Bassoun is found in Lebanon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 311,195th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,022,765 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Bassoun are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Levant. Bassoun is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 47 people.
The surname Bassoun is most frequently occurring in Lebanon, where it is borne by 1,182 people, or 1 in 4,769. In Lebanon it is primarily found in: South Governorate, where 86 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 4 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Lebanon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs 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 primarily 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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