Básher

surname · Latin script

Básher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Surrey, Sussex, and Kent;. see Basford .

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 29K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 47K
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 52K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Record sources
170 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Basher in US United States, PH Philippines, EG Egypt and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Surrey, Sussex, and Kent;. see Basford .

Cited for this meaning 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Básher counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Básher is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#132≈13,000 est.≈1 in 3.5K—Basher22
PH Philippines—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 47K—Basher29
EG Egypt—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 52K—Basher37
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 29K—Basher37
LY Libya#522≈1,100 est.≈1 in 6.1K—Basher22
SY Syria—≈670 est.≈1 in 29K—Basher18
US United States—5521 in 603K669Basher170
KW Kuwait—≈140 est.≈1 in 22K—Basher11

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Básher under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Básher mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Surrey, Sussex, and Kent;. see Basford . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
In which country does Básher have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Básher in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled basher.
How common is the name Básher?
In the United States, the national register counted 552 people named Básher in 2010, about 1 in 603 thousand residents.
How common is Básher compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Básher is the 132nd most common surname of 11,073 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Básher” — the 132nd most common surname in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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