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 is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Beswan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Beswan occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Beswan reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 60 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Beswan is also the 1,171,416th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 69 people.

The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Beswan is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 20 percent are found.

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
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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 Beswan
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