Bessane Surname
Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname
Bessane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 887 | 1:16,437 | 477 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Bessane (17) may also be a first name.
Bessane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessane is found in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bessane is the 359,713th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,236,888 people. The last name Bessane occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bessane reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 17 people.
It is most commonly used in Senegal, where it is borne by 887 people, or 1 in 16,437. In Senegal it is most common in: Kaolack Region, where 65 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 24 percent are found and Thiès Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Senegal this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bessane
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