Besler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: third-person singular indicative aorist of beslemek

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/besleɾ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Besler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zimbabwe than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 634K
  • ZWZimbabwe≈1 in 972

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Zimbabwe (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 people, est.

Sources
184 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 972 (inferred from the name graph)

Zimbabwe, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

third-person singular indicative aorist of beslemek

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Besler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Besler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZW Zimbabwe#795≈15,000 est.≈1 in 972—Besler1
TR Türkiye—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 33K—Besler12
DE Germany—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 59K—Besler87
US United States—5251 in 634K604Besler184
CA Canada—≈150 est.≈1 in 249K—Besler61
AT Austria—≈81 est.≈1 in 109K—Besler16
LS Lesotho—≈36 est.≈1 in 54K—Besler1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Besler is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands

    Also written Beşler

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Türkiye

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Beşler

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Beşler

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Beşler

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bešler, Beşler

  • Korean surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Beşler

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Basilius Besler, b. 1561Samuel Besler, b. 1574Simon Besler, b. 1583William George Besler, b. 1865Walter Besler, b. 1929Helga Besler, b. 1939Peter Besler, b. 1963Matt Besler, b. 1987Nick Besler, b. 1993Berkay Besler, b. 1999

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSayın Besler,Dear , (English)
InformalSayın Besler,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Besler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020604#39,333
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010525#41,426
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000512#40,265
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Besler mean, and where does it come from?
third-person singular indicative aorist of beslemek Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Besler?
A machine transcription gives /besleɾ/ (IPA) for Turkish.
In which country does Besler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Besler in Zimbabwe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled besler.
How common is the name Besler?
In the United States, the national register counted 525 people named Besler in 2010, about 1 in 634 thousand residents.
How common is Besler compared with other names?
In Zimbabwe, Besler is the 795th most common surname of 9,561 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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, “Besler” — the 795th most common surname in Zimbabwe. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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