Besard Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Besard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 131 | 1:87,761 | 13,683 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Besard (342) may also be a first name.
Besard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besard occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besard? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,504,764th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Besard reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Besard is also the 472,030th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 342 people.
The surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 87,761. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Belgium it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent reside and Portugal, where 1 percent reside.
Besard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Besard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Besard last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Besard
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