Besma Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Besma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 37 | 1:16,503 | 2,651 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Besma (2,589) may also be a first name.
Besma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besma (Arabic: بصما, Hindi: बेसमा) is more commonly found in Tunisia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Besma occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Besma reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 144,550th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 2,589 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tunisia, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 16,503. Other than Tunisia it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besma in the Hindi language | ||
| बेसमा | besama | - |
| Besma in the Arabic language | ||
| بصما | bsma | - |
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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 Besma
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