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
Bessana is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Bessana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bessana reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bessana is also the 703,581st most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 169 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 95 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live and Far North Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Bessana exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live.
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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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