Bessanh Surname
Approximately 2,450 people bear this surname
Bessanh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,418 | 1:4,274 | 556 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bessanh (1,108) may also be a first name.
Bessanh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessanh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessanh is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessanh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessanh is the 174,975th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,974,509 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bessanh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 239,625th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,108 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 2,418 people, or 1 in 4,274. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 62 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 18 percent are found and Zou Department, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 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 Bessanh
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