Besek Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Besek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 117 | 1:36,142 | 7,344 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Beşek (1) are calculated separately.
Besek (292) may also be a first name.
Besek Demographics
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Besek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besek is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Beşek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besek? popularity and diffusion
Besek is the 846,108th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name Besek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Besek live; 36 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 36 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 516,683rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 292 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 36,142. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Zagreb County, where 24 percent reside, Varaždin County, where 22 percent reside and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Croatia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 16 percent reside.
Besek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Besek has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,625 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Besek last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.33% registered with the party.
Besek earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.15% more than the national average, earning $44,939 USD per year.
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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 Besek
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