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
Bessei occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessei is the 523,789th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bessei reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb. Bessei is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 24 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is held by 586 people, or 1 in 65,924. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Ouargla Province, where 87 percent live, El Oued Province, where 13 percent live and Illizi Province, where 0 percent live. Outside of Algeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent live and Ghana, where 1 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 Bessei
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