Besar
loc · Indonesian · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Besar is a name, most frequently recorded in Syria. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and Malay, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: big, large (of a great size).
- SYSyria1 in 6.8K◐
- TRTürkiye1 in 161K
- MKNorth Macedonia1 in 1.9K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.4K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 37 ●
- 1 in 1.9K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
12K records
Official registry-verified
North Macedonia
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Beşar in SY Syria, TR Türkiye, IQ Iraq and Бесар in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
big, large (of a great size)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #810 | 4,892 | 5.6K rec. | — | — | Beşar | 5 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 3,364 | 4.4K rec. | — | — | Beşar | 11 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 1,112△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 1.9K | 1.1K | — | 2 |
| AL Albania | — | 169 | 0 rec. | 1 in 18K | 169 | — | 1 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 77 | 134 rec. | — | — | Beşar | 2 |
| IN India | — | 67 | 659 rec. | — | 8 | Besar | 15 |
| SE Sweden | — | 23 | — | 1 in 444K | 23 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 21 | — | 1 in 279K | 21 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 18△ | 3 rec. | 1 in 117K | 19 | — | 1 |
| RU Russia | — | 9 | 7 rec. | — | — | Бесар | 13 |
| AU Australia | — | 8 | 13 rec. | — | — | Besar | 5 |
| US United States | — | 6 | 145 rec. | — | — | Besar | 26 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Indonesian99K38%
- Malay97K38%
- Hindi671%
- English (Singapore)531%
- Chinese391%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesian | 98,673 | 38% |
| Malay | 96,589 | 38% |
| Hindi | 67 | 1% |
| English (Singapore) | 53 | 1% |
| Chinese | 39 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Besar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, big, large
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In btx, swollen, puffed up; important (only in 'important man', from )
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In btd, swell, swollen, of the skin or other body parts
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mrw, big, large, great, huge
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kaw, big (of a great size)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1917 | 1 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1923 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1930 | 2 |
| 1931 | 1 |
| 1932 | 1 |
| 1933 | 3 |
| 1934 | 2 |
| 1935 | 3 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1938 | 2 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1940 | 6 |
| 1941 | 4 |
| 1942 | 4 |
| 1943 | 2 |
| 1944 | 2 |
| 1945 | 3 |
| 1946 | 3 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1948 | 5 |
| 1949 | 4 |
| 1950 | 6 |
| 1951 | 3 |
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1954 | 8 |
| 1955 | 6 |
| 1956 | 4 |
| 1957 | 10 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 11 |
| 1961 | 9 |
| 1962 | 6 |
| 1963 | 7 |
| 1964 | 9 |
| 1965 | 10 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 | 10 |
| 1970 | 11 |
| 1971 | 9 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1975 | 11 |
| 1976 | 9 |
| 1977 | 8 |
| 1978 | 10 |
| 1979 | 13 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1982 | 10 |
| 1983 | 11 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 11 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1994 | 9 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 74 years between 1917–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Besar Mertokusumob. 1894IDadvocate
- Besar Nimanib. 1985DEGerman boxer
- Besar Musollib. 1989ALAlbanian footballer
- Besar Halimib. 1994DEGerman footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 564 | #1,060 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 169 | #2,041 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1986 | 54 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 51 | #4,970 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1989 | 45 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1988 | 42 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1991 | 34 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1990 | 33 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 31 | #15,531 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1992 | 30 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1994 | 24 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1987 | 24 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 256 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Besar?
- We estimate roughly 1.4 thousand people bear Besar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Besar have the most bearers?
- Besar is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled beşar.
- Where is Besar most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Besar is densest in North Macedonia — about 1 in 1.9 thousand people — even though Syria holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Besar compared with other names?
- In Syria, Besar is the 810th most common given name of 109,868 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Besar mean?
- Recorded meaning: big, large (of a great size)
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Besar” — the 810th most common given name in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.