Beswan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Beswan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Beswan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Beswan (69) may also be a first name.

Beswan Last Name Facts

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

Beswan has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Beswan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Beswan is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Beswan reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,171,416th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 69 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bheeswan863/
Baswan83273/
Biswan8369/
Boswan837/
Besuan835/
Bezwan834/
Bheeshwan801/
Biswane77228/
Bashwan7748/
Bahswan7734/
Biswang7722/
Bishwan7713/
Beshvan7712/
Bisswan779/
Bhaswan775/
Basswan773/
Biswain773/
Boswain772/
Betsuan771/
Bayswan771/
Bechwan771/
Bhiswan771/
Baiswan771/
Beshuan771/
Biswand770/
Besvain770/
Beyschwang7533/
Bhashwan7110,024/
Bahshwan71408/
Bahaswan71158/
Bessuand7144/
Bisswang7117/
Biswaten7110/
Bitswane718/
Baashwan713/
Bajshwan712/
Bosswain711/
Bessuant711/
Beyshvan711/
Bahashwan672,417/
Basuan67180/
Basvan6747/
Biswassen6731/
Biswam6712/
Bisuan6712/
Bisvan676/
Bizwan674/
Beheshban671/
Baahshwan671/
Besuam671/

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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 Beswan
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