Besena Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Besena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Beseña (4) are calculated separately.
Besena (63) may also be a first name.
Besena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besena (Arabic: بيسيني, Russian: Бесена) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Beseña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Besena is the 1,537,949th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Besena reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 63 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besena in the Russian language | ||
| Бесена | besena | - |
| Besena in the Arabic language | ||
| بيسيني | bysyny | - |
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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 Besena
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