Besam Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Besam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Besam (176) may also be a first name.
Besam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besam (Hindi: बेसम, Marathi: बेसम) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Besam is the 1,612,213th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Besam reside; 43 percent reside in South Asia and 42 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Besam is also the 687,834th most numerous forename worldwide. It is borne by 176 people.
The last name Besam is most widely held in India, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 14,472,932. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 58 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent are found and Gujarat, where 6 percent are found. Excluding India this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besam in the Hindi language | ||
| बेसम | besama | - |
| Besam in the Marathi language | ||
| बेसम | besama | - |
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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 Besam
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