Besalú Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Besalú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
The alternate forms: Besalu (193) are calculated separately.
Besalú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besalú Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besalú has its highest incidence in Spain. It may be found as: Besalu. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besalú? popularity and diffusion
Besalú is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Besalú live; 75 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 75 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,194,671. In Spain Besalú is primarily found in: Catalonia, where 100 percent are found. Barring Spain this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 17 percent are found and Cuba, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Besalú
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