Basuba Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Basuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Uganda501:780,78637,485
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166

Basuba (46) may also be a first name.

Basuba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Basuba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Basuba occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basuba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,101,507th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Basuba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basuba live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Basuba is also the 1,484,914th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 46 people.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Excluding The DR Congo Basuba occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 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 Basuba
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