Bessana Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Bessana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Bessana (169) may also be a first name.
Bessana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bessana occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessana is the 3,017,195th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bessana live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 703,581st most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 169 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon Bessana is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 95 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside and Far North Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Bessana exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Burkina Faso, 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 Bessana
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