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 more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Besahan is the 1,168,344th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Besahan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Besahan reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Besahan is also the 263,138th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 943 people.
The surname Besahan is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 588,594. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 88 percent live, Western Visayas, where 8 percent live and Central Visayas, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It also occurs 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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