Bessarab Surname

84,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Bessarab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bessarab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4,1101:11,0761,381
Russia1,1441:125,98214,930
Moldova1721:20,7063,502
Belarus1031:92,24314,319
Transnistria561:8,4771,681
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England71:7,959,723202,100
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Georgia61:624,25819,750
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Bessarab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bessarab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bessarab (Georgian: ბესსარაბ, Russian: Бессараб) is found most in Ukraine. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bessarab? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 84,404th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,272,711 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Bessarab are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is borne by 4,110 people, or 1 in 11,076. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found, Odessa Oblast, where 10 percent are found and Donetsk Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent are found and Moldova, where 3 percent are found.

Bessarab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Bessarab last name are 7.69% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 54.46% being registered with the party.

Bessarab earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36% less than the national average, earning $27,614 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bessarab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bessarab in the Georgian language
ბესსარაბbessarab-
Bessarab in the Russian language
Бессарабbessarab-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bessarab
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