Besse Surname
Approximately 22,844 people bear this surname
Besse Surname Definition:
(French) Dweller near, or in, a birch-tree grove.
Besse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13,136 | 1:5,057 | 409 |
| United States | 2,285 | 1:158,625 | 16,173 |
| Togo | 1,470 | 1:4,930 | 918 |
| Switzerland | 1,127 | 1:7,287 | 1,155 |
| Indonesia | 1,089 | 1:121,441 | 12,252 |
| Ivory Coast | 959 | 1:24,058 | 1,722 |
| Germany | 555 | 1:145,055 | 17,493 |
| Benin | 510 | 1:20,266 | 2,710 |
| Brazil | 307 | 1:697,311 | 25,612 |
| Canada | 261 | 1:141,171 | 14,531 |
| Netherlands | 172 | 1:98,181 | 15,982 |
| Cameroon | 170 | 1:122,171 | 13,957 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Argentina | 106 | 1:403,240 | 30,872 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Italy | 32 | 1:1,911,146 | 87,725 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Hungary | 24 | 1:409,012 | 27,854 |
| Senegal | 22 | 1:662,697 | 2,512 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Slovakia | 17 | 1:313,909 | 44,635 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Saint Lucia | 15 | 1:11,919 | 1,145 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 4 | 1:2,404 | 44 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 539 | 1:93,170 | 9,542 |
The alternate forms: Bessé (24), Bésse (1), Bessè (1), Bešše (2) & Béssé (1) are calculated separately.
Besse (8,651) may also be a first name.
Besse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Dweller near, or in, a birch-tree grove.
Besse Demographics
Average Besse Salary in
United States
$43,939 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Besse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺲ, Hindi: बेस्से, Russian: Бессе) is most common in France. It may also be rendered as: Bessé, Bésse, Bessè, Bešše or Béssé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Besse.
How Common Is The Last Name Besse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Besse is the 23,718th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 319,014 people. The surname Besse occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Besse live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Besse is also the 67,504th most frequent first name globally, borne by 8,651 people.
The surname Besse is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 13,136 people, or 1 in 5,057. In France it is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 34 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 16 percent live. Besides France this last name is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Togo, where 6 percent live.
Besse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Besse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Besse last name rose 424 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 560 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Besse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Besse last name are 3.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Besse earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.83% more than the national average, earning $43,939 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.61% more than the national average, earning $57,439 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Besse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Besse in the Hindi language | ||
| बेस्से | bes'se | - |
| Besse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺲ | bs | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻴﺴﻰ | bysy | 33.33 |
| Besse in the Russian language | ||
| Бессе | besse | - |
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