Bassounga Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Bassounga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 202 | 1:24,698 | 2,694 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
Bassounga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassounga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassounga is most common in The Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassounga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,076,574th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bassounga are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Bassounga is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 24,698. In The Congo Bassounga is primarily concentrated in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 57 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 34 percent are found and Bouenza Department, where 4 percent are found. Besides The Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Bassounga
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