Besung Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Besung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Besung (20) may also be a first name.
Besung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besung Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besung is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Besung? popularity and diffusion
The last name Besung is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Besung is predominantly found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Besung are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
Besung is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Besung is most numerous in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
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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 Besung
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