Besençon Surname
5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland
Besençon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
The alternate forms: Besencon (5) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Besencon | 96 | 5 | / |
| Bezençon | 88 | 780 | / |
| Besenzon | 88 | 20 | / |
| Besenson | 88 | 0 | / |
| Besension | 82 | 1 | / |
| Betenson | 75 | 152 | / |
| Bezencon | 75 | 118 | / |
| Behenson | 75 | 21 | / |
| Bezenson | 75 | 19 | / |
| Bosenzon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basenzon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Besincon | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bettenson | 71 | 170 | / |
| Beetenson | 71 | 36 | / |
| Bisenshon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Biscenson | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bishenson | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wessenson | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bessensen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beamson | 67 | 164 | / |
| Beinsen | 67 | 162 | / |
| Beinson | 67 | 10 | / |
| Beanson | 67 | 5 | / |
| Beanzon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weissenson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beunson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beynson | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Besençon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis