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
Besena (Arabic: بيسيني, Russian: Бесена) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Beseña. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Besena is the 1,537,949th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Besena is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Besena reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Besena is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 63 people.
The surname Besena is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Other than The DR Congo Besena occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
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
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- 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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