Beşiktaş Surname
Approximately 1,124 people bear this surname
Beşiktaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,048 | 1:74,257 | 6,872 |
| Northern Cyprus | 74 | 1:4,311 | 787 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Beşiktas (1) & Besiktas (21) are calculated separately.
Beşiktaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beşiktaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Beşiktaş is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Beşiktas or Besiktas. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Beşiktaş? popularity and diffusion
The last name Beşiktaş is the 329,664th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,483,582 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Beşiktaş are found; 72 percent are found in West Asia and 72 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 1,048 people, or 1 in 74,257. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 37 percent are found, Elazig Province, where 8 percent are found and Erzincan Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Beşiktaş
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