Besela Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Besela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Besela (23) may also be a first name.
Besela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besela occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besela? popularity and diffusion
Besela is the 1,095,216th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. Besela is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Besela live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Besela is also the 2,239,265th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 23 people.
The last name Besela is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Besela
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