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
Besah (Arabic: بصه, Hindi: बेसाह) occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Besah is the 563,577th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Besah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Besah is also the 261,626th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 953 people.
The last name Besah is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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