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
Besahan (Hindi: बेसाहन, Marathi: बेसाहन) is most common in The Philippines. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,168,344th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Besahan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Besahan reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 263,138th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 943 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 588,594. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Northern Mindanao, where 88 percent live, Western Visayas, where 8 percent live and Central Visayas, where 2 percent live. Besides The Philippines this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live.
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
- 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 Besahan
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