Besis Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Besis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 331 | 1:33,474 | 5,237 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Philippines | 65 | 1:1,557,511 | 106,526 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Besis (144) may also be a first name.
Besis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Besis occurs in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 590,896th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. The surname Besis is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Besis are found; 63 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Besis is also the 769,375th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 144 people.
It is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 33,474. In Greece it is primarily found in: Attica, where 96 percent are found, Crete, where 1 percent are found and Epirus, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Greece Besis occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Besis
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