Besan Surname
Approximately 4,991 people bear this surname
Besan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,091 | 1:248,161 | 14,409 |
| Indonesia | 1,083 | 1:122,114 | 12,308 |
| Belarus | 280 | 1:33,932 | 5,870 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Moldova | 98 | 1:36,340 | 5,625 |
| Russia | 59 | 1:2,442,764 | 142,518 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Philippines | 48 | 1:2,109,130 | 121,847 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
The alternate forms: Bešan (33) & Bésán (10) are calculated separately.
Besan (1,347) may also be a first name.
Besan Demographics
Besan Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Besan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besan (Hindi: बेसन, Marathi: बेसन, Oriya: େବସନ, Russian: Бесан) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Bešan or Bésán. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besan? popularity and diffusion
Besan is the 95,340th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,460,137 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Besan live; 62 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Besan is also the 213,863rd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 1,347 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 3,091 people, or 1 in 248,161. In India it is most prevalent in: Odisha, where 97 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 2 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India Besan occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Belarus, where 6 percent reside.
Besan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Besan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Besan last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Besan surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besan in the Oriya language | ||
| େବସନ | ebasana | 97.83 |
| େବସନ୍ | ebasan | 0.31 |
| ଶାସନି | sasani | 0.09 |
| େସନ୍ହ | esanha | 0.04 |
| ବାସନା | basana | 0.04 |
| Besan in the Marathi language | ||
| बेसन | besana | 92.06 |
| िबसन | ibasana | 3.17 |
| बेसम | besama | 2.38 |
| बॅसन | besana | 1.59 |
| बेसाण | besana | 0.79 |
| Besan in the Hindi language | ||
| बेसन | besana | 82.5 |
| बेसां | besam | 10 |
| बॆसन | besana | 2.5 |
| बिशन | bisana | 2.5 |
| बेसान | besana | 2.5 |
| Besan in the Russian language | ||
| Бесан | besan | - |
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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 Besan
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