Besjes Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Besjes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 117 | 1:144,335 | 21,873 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Besjes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besjes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besjes is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Besjes.
How Common Is The Last Name Besjes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Besjes is the 1,565,797th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Besjes reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Besjes is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 144,335. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 51 percent reside, North Holland, where 29 percent reside and Limburg, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Besjes
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