Bessekou Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Bessekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Bessekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessekou is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bessekou are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Bessekou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Bessekou is most numerous in: South Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Bessekou is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 29 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Bessekou
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