Besijn Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Besijn Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
Besijn Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besijn Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besijn is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besijn? popularity and diffusion
Besijn is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Besijn reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands Besijn is mostly found in: North Holland, where 59 percent live, South Holland, where 22 percent live and Gelderland, where 14 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Besuijen | 86 | 241 | / |
| Begijn | 83 | 88 | / |
| Basijn | 83 | 18 | / |
| Besien | 83 | 5 | / |
| Besooijen | 80 | 11 | / |
| Besuijenh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bessoijen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Begesin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bessien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Besient | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bezuijen | 71 | 584 | / |
| Bijesing | 71 | 19 | / |
| Bessiene | 71 | 4 | / |
| Beisiene | 71 | 3 | / |
| Besgen | 67 | 266 | / |
| Bosien | 67 | 143 | / |
| Basien | 67 | 78 | / |
| Bezooijen | 67 | 75 | / |
| Begein | 67 | 44 | / |
| Bazijn | 67 | 20 | / |
| Basyin | 67 | 10 | / |
| Basjin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bysyin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wesjen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bosiin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bijien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Begesn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wesien | 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 Besijn
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