Bessaou Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Bessaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 246 | 1:157,039 | 20,204 |
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Bessaou (34) may also be a first name.
Bessaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessaou occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 804,502nd most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Bessaou are found; 71 percent are found in North Africa and 71 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 34 people.
The surname Bessaou is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 157,039. In Algeria Bessaou is most common in: Béjaïa Province, where 96 percent live, Algiers Province, where 2 percent live and Bouïra Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Algeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessaoud | 93 | 4,397 | / |
| Bessao | 92 | 97 | / |
| Bessaouia | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bessouo | 86 | 491 | / |
| Bissaou | 86 | 12 | / |
| Bessoua | 86 | 4 | / |
| Besaoud | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bessaho | 86 | 2 | / |
| Besao | 83 | 1,136 | / |
| Bessouat | 80 | 153 | / |
| Bessouia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bessouai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bessauod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bessauah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bissaoud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Biessoua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bissahou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bessouye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beissouo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Béssaoud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bessouad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Besoiu | 77 | 331 | / |
| Besiou | 77 | 164 | / |
| Besiau | 77 | 55 | / |
| Bissao | 77 | 41 | / |
| Bessoa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bezaou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Besiao | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beasao | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bessouyah | 75 | 255 | / |
| Bessouiah | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bissahoue | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bessouaia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bessouayh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bezzaou | 71 | 282 | / |
| Bissoua | 71 | 151 | / |
| Besagio | 71 | 54 | / |
| Betsiou | 71 | 37 | / |
| Besauya | 71 | 11 | / |
| Besioud | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bessouiyah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessoat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wessoua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wissaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bissaua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bechaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessouaiaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessouayah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bezzahou | 67 | 137 | / |
| Wesao | 67 | 91 | / |
| Bisao | 67 | 57 | / |
| Besoa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Bezao | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bissagio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Besouyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouessaho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boisseao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vessauas | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bessaou
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