Besanko Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Besanko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Besanko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1181:228,77721,625
United States501:7,249,179331,838
England51:11,143,612252,590
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Besanko Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Besanko Come From? nationality or country of origin

Besanko occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Besanko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Besanko live; 66 percent live in Australasia and 66 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Besanko is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 228,777. In Australia Besanko is most frequent in: Victoria, where 57 percent live, South Australia, where 37 percent live and Queensland, where 4 percent live. Excluding Australia Besanko occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Besanko Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Besanko has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Besanko surname increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Besanko Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Besanko last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Besanko earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 82.7% more than the national average, earning $78,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beshanko9317/
Bosanko86740/
Basanko86667/
Vesanko8617/
Bisanko863/
Bezanko861/
Besanco861/
Beshenko80115/
Bechanko8014/
Besangco804/
Biezanko802/
Bieżanko801/
Besancou800/
Baeshenko751/
Basanka7189/
Bosanco7138/
Vesanka7136/
Bejanka7114/
Visanko7113/
Bezanco7110/
Bosanka712/
Bijanko712/
Bejanco711/
Bozanko711/
Besonka711/
Bisonko711/
Basanco711/
Bozhenko679,008/
Byshenko67482/
Bashenko67272/
Bashanka6783/
Bazhenko6747/
Bezhenko6735/
Boshenko6716/
Bizhenko6713/
Byzhenko676/
Bishanka674/
Bezhonko673/
Bishenko672/
Bashonko671/
Beejanka671/
Beaconco671/
Basancou670/

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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 Besanko
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