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 occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Beswan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Beswan live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 69 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Beswan is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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