Bessal Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Bessal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 205 | 1:188,447 | 23,005 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Bessal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessal is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 701,000th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Bessal reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Bessal is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 188,447. In Algeria Bessal is most numerous in: Aïn Defla Province, where 50 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 49 percent reside and Boumerdès Province, where 0 percent reside. Other than Algeria Bessal occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 40 percent reside and France, where 7 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 Bessal
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