Bessema Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Bessema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Bessema (120) may also be a first name.
Bessema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bessema occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessema? popularity and diffusion
Bessema is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Bessema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bessema live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 852,104th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 120 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Bessema is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Bessema occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 6 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 Bessema
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