Bessie Forename
11,950th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 83,372 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia
Bessie Forename Definition:
Found as a baptismal name, corrupted from Elizabeth.
Bessie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 58,076 | 1:6,242 | 818 |
| England | 100% | 4,866 | 1:11,427 | 863 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,614 | 1:38,484 | 3,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 2,488 | 1:6,199 | 923 |
| South Africa | 98% | 1,963 | 1:27,780 | 3,465 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,899 | 1:55,824 | 3,929 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,586 | 1:10,790 | 1,173 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,449 | 1:22,866 | 1,987 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,322 | 1:3,337 | 452 |
| Zambia | - | 880 | 1:18,017 | 1,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 628 | 1:12,981 | 1,299 |
| Scotland | 100% | 371 | 1:14,421 | 825 |
| China | - | 337 | 1:4,053,578 | 51,316 |
| Chile | 100% | 295 | 1:59,685 | 1,961 |
| El Salvador | - | 288 | 1:22,020 | 1,102 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Wales | 100% | 273 | 1:11,334 | 857 |
| Australia | - | 148 | 1:92,281 | 3,437 |
| Israel | 98% | 133 | 1:63,180 | 3,470 |
| Denmark | - | 104 | 1:54,322 | 1,994 |
| Peru | 100% | 79 | 1:402,423 | 7,799 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 74 | 1:7,851 | 832 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 72 | 1:223,728 | 3,175 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Hong Kong | - | 66 | 1:117,466 | 2,903 |
| Mexico | 100% | 66 | 1:1,880,976 | 11,473 |
| Honduras | 100% | 65 | 1:135,653 | 3,822 |
| Bahamas | - | 64 | 1:6,240 | 870 |
| Greece | 100% | 59 | 1:185,331 | 3,902 |
| India | 100% | 57 | 1:21,313,649 | 492,649 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Brazil | 100% | 46 | 1:4,657,308 | 74,565 |
| Uganda | 100% | 43 | 1:952,487 | 16,908 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Ecuador | - | 37 | 1:479,106 | 5,243 |
| Ivory Coast | 71% | 37 | 1:623,674 | 21,580 |
| New Zealand | - | 30 | 1:151,201 | 5,658 |
| Sweden | 100% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Singapore | 100% | 26 | 1:241,810 | 8,930 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Argentina | 100% | 25 | 1:1,710,930 | 6,931 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Kenya | 100% | 23 | 1:2,013,353 | 20,371 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 20 | 1:300,917 | 6,429 |
| Panama | 100% | 17 | 1:229,797 | 8,406 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 14 | 1:1,543,607 | 35,722 |
| Netherlands | 82% | 14 | 1:1,207,292 | 18,951 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Germany | 100% | 13 | 1:7,436,760 | 27,072 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| France | 100% | 11 | 1:6,042,758 | 22,831 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8 | 1:595,994 | 8,229 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Bessié (1) are calculated separately.
Bessie (2,873) may also be a surname.
Bessie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found as a baptismal name, corrupted from Elizabeth.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Bessie Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 10,843 (2014)
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