Where Does The Last Name Bess Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Bess (Marathi: बेस, Russian: Бесс) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as: Bešš. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bess? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 34,472^nd most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 474,018 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Bess are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bess is also the 68,927^th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 8,387 people.

Bess is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 12,884 people, or 1 in 28,132. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 9 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 100 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Bess Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Bess has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 924 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 116 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bess Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Bess surname are 9.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.5% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bess earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.86% less than the national average, earning R 150,036 per year; in United States they earn 11.03% less than the national average, earning $38,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $51,259 CAD per year.