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The BESANT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 186 91801 0 1
United States (1880 census) 64 43135 0 1
Change since 1880 +122 -48666 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 104 13828 0.001 6
United Kingdom 324 12104 0.001 7
Top States for BESANT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 30 13111 0.001 7
New York 28 59986 0.000 1
Alabama 17 14512 0.000 4
Michigan 15 66803 0.000 2
Wisconsin 14 48892 0.000 3
Top States for BESANT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 30 13111 0.001 7
Washington DC 3 14160 0.001 5
Alabama 17 14512 0.000 4
Wisconsin 14 48892 0.000 3
Michigan 15 66803 0.000 2

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BESANT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BESANT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BESANT in Louisiana than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BESANT by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BESANT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BESANT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BESANT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BESANT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 126 67.74
Black/African American 57 30.65
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
White (Hispanic) None reported 0

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BESANT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BESANT in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BESANT.

Similar names to BESANT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BESANT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BESANT

The following words are slight variants of BESANT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.