Bessei Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Bessei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 586 | 1:65,924 | 10,816 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Bessei (24) may also be a first name.
Bessei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bessei is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,789th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name Bessei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bessei reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 24 people.
The surname Bessei is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 586 people, or 1 in 65,924. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Ouargla Province, where 87 percent reside, El Oued Province, where 13 percent reside and Illizi Province, where 0 percent reside. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bessei
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