Bessah Surname
Approximately 1,553 people bear this surname
Bessah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| Algeria | 220 | 1:175,598 | 21,726 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bessah (26) may also be a first name.
Bessah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 254,336th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,692,560 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bessah are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,247 people, or 1 in 21,669. Beside Ghana Bessah occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 14 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Bessah
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