Bessaye Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Bessaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bessaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessaye has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessaye is the 3,100,440th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Bessaye reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 68 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bessaye is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon Bessaye is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 41 percent live and West Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 3 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 Bessaye
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