Besarab Surname

278,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Moldova

Besarab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Besarab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine8121:56,0628,095
Russia2341:615,91054,032
Moldova1541:23,1263,880
Belarus861:110,47716,480
Kazakhstan351:505,21437,000
Transnistria201:23,7354,200
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Besarab Last Name Facts

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

Besarab (Russian: Бесараб) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Besarab.

How Common Is The Last Name Besarab? popularity and diffusion

Besarab is the 278,216th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,239,070 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Besarab are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 812 people, or 1 in 56,062. In Ukraine Besarab is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 17 percent reside, Odessa Oblast, where 12 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Ukraine this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent reside and Moldova, where 11 percent reside.

Besarab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (71%) in Belarus and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Besarab are 0.84999999999999% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 47.62% being registered to vote for the party.

Besarab earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.62% less than the national average, earning $23,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Besarab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Besarab in the Russian language
Бесарабbesarab-

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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 Besarab
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