Bassourou Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Bassourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 315 | 1:58,261 | 2,426 |
| Benin | 190 | 1:54,398 | 6,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bassourou (320) may also be a first name.
Bassourou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassourou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassourou is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassourou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 603,653rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The last name Bassourou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bassourou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bassourou is also the 490,671st most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 320 people.
The last name Bassourou is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 58,261. In Burkina Faso Bassourou is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 91 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso Bassourou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 37 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
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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 Bassourou
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