Bassy Surname
Approximately 3,943 people bear this surname
Bassy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,735 | 1:64,769 | 4,757 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| France | 160 | 1:415,142 | 60,629 |
| Mauritania | 116 | 1:35,301 | 2,818 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Mauritius | 66 | 1:19,597 | 4,046 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Bassy (5,064) may also be a first name.
Bassy Demographics
Bassy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bassy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bassy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bassy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺳﻲ, Hindi: बस्सी, Russian: Бассы) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bassy.
How Common Is The Last Name Bassy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 116,854th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,848,224 people. The surname Bassy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bassy live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bassy is also the 95,459th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 5,064 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,735 people, or 1 in 64,769. In Nigeria Bassy is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 16 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Bassy is found in 46 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 13 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Bassy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bassy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 184 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bassy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bassy last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Bassy surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.86% registered with the political party.
Bassy earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.17% more than the national average, earning $54,440 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bassy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bassy in the Hindi language | ||
| बस्सी | bas'si | - |
| Bassy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺳﻲ | basy | 81.08 |
| ﺑﺎﺳﻰ | basy | 18.92 |
| Bassy in the Russian language | ||
| Бассы | bassy | - |
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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 Bassy
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