as a Last Name
- 1,970
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Besaw
Meaning & Origins
Americanized spelling of French Bessan(d), a habitational name from Bessan in Hérault, recorded in 940 as Betianum and in 1150 as Bessanum, from the personal name Bettius or Bessius + the suffix -anum.
| 15,012th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,970
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Besaw per capita
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