Besahan Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Besahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 172 | 1:588,594 | 64,534 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
Besahan (943) may also be a first name.
Besahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besahan (Hindi: बेसाहन, Marathi: बेसाहन) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besahan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,168,344th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname Besahan is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Besahan live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 263,138th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 943 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 588,594. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Northern Mindanao, where 88 percent are found, Western Visayas, where 8 percent are found and Central Visayas, where 2 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besahan in the Marathi language | ||
| बेसाहन | besahana | - |
| Besahan in the Hindi language | ||
| बेसाहन | besahana | 70.59 |
| बेसहना | besahana | 23.53 |
| बेसहन | besahana | 5.88 |
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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 Besahan
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