Besser Surname
Approximately 6,912 people bear this surname
Besser Surname Definition:
(Danish, German) One who came from Besser (better place), in Denmark; one who collected fines.
Besser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,947 | 1:27,318 | 3,608 |
| United States | 2,454 | 1:147,701 | 15,238 |
| Algeria | 205 | 1:188,447 | 23,005 |
| Poland | 194 | 1:195,921 | 26,318 |
| Namibia | 170 | 1:14,173 | 2,619 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Austria | 93 | 1:91,564 | 13,432 |
| Chile | 88 | 1:200,187 | 6,348 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Denmark | 47 | 1:120,100 | 11,018 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Hungary | 33 | 1:297,463 | 22,531 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Ukraine | 26 | 1:1,750,873 | 130,688 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 312 | 1:160,957 | 14,692 |
Besser (64) may also be a first name.
Besser Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Danish, German) One who came from Besser (better place), in Denmark; one who collected fines.
(from an ancestor's occupation) From Besserer, the title of a German officer of the court who levied fines. As a Jewish name, it indicates either the tax collector of the Jewish community or a rabbinic judge.
Besser Demographics
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Besser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besser Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besser (Russian: Бессер) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Besser.
How Common Is The Last Name Besser? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 71,437th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,054,332 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Besser are found; 45 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Besser is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 64 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 2,947 people, or 1 in 27,318. In Germany Besser is mostly found in: Saxony, where 19 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Berlin, where 11 percent reside. Barring Germany it is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
Besser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Besser has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Besser surname grew 787 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 971 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Besser Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Besser last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Besser last name are 8.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.68% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Besser earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 527.45% more than the national average, earning R 1,491,070 per year; in United States they earn 18% more than the national average, earning $50,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $50,649 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besser Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besser in the Russian language | ||
| Бессер | besser | - |
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Footnotes
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