Besah Surname
Approximately 562 people bear this surname
Besah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Besah (953) may also be a first name.
Besah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besah (Arabic: بصه, Hindi: बेसाह) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 563,577th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Besah reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Besah is also the 261,626th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 953 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Besides Ghana this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besah in the Hindi language | ||
| बेसाह | besaha | - |
| Besah in the Arabic language | ||
| بصه | bsh | - |
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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 Besah
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