Besaña Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Besaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Besana (13,395) are calculated separately.
Besaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besaña is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Besana. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besaña? popularity and diffusion
Besaña is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Besaña occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Besaña are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 1,581,847. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 44 percent live, Caraga, where 23 percent live and Central Visayas, where 19 percent live. Beside The Philippines it exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent live.
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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 Besaña
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