Besong Surname
Approximately 8,876 people bear this surname
Besong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7,470 | 1:2,780 | 322 |
| Nigeria | 988 | 1:179,294 | 11,033 |
| United States | 290 | 1:1,249,858 | 88,263 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 14 | 1:3,899 | 389 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Besong (311) may also be a first name.
Besong Demographics
Average Besong Salary in
United States
$36,477 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Besong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besong is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Besong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 57,056th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 821,039 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Besong are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Besong is also the 498,315th most common first name in the world, borne by 311 people.
The surname Besong is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7,470 people, or 1 in 2,780. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 83 percent live, Centre Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Cameroon Besong is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Besong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Besong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Besong last name grew 7,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Besong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Besong are 18.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.86% being registered with the party.
The amount Besong earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.87% less than the national average, earning R 28,824 per year and in United States they earn 15.46% less than the national average, earning $36,477 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Besong
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