Besseh Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Besseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Besseh (11) may also be a first name.
Besseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besseh is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besseh? popularity and diffusion
Besseh is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Besseh are found; 36 percent are found in North Africa and 36 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 9,657,888. In Algeria Besseh is most numerous in: Oran Province, where 100 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 9 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 Besseh
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