Bessems Surname
Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname
Bessems Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 805 | 1:20,978 | 3,330 |
| Belgium | 333 | 1:34,524 | 5,610 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bessems Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessems Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessems is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessems? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 315,974th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 6,139,466 people. Bessems is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Bessems live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Bessems is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 805 people, or 1 in 20,978. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 77 percent live, North Holland, where 6 percent live and North Brabant, where 6 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 28 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Besems | 92 | 291 | / |
| Beesems | 86 | 87 | / |
| Bossems | 86 | 43 | / |
| Bessens | 86 | 10 | / |
| Wessems | 86 | 1 | / |
| Beyssens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Betems | 77 | 85 | / |
| Bezems | 77 | 48 | / |
| Bosems | 77 | 29 | / |
| Behems | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bettems | 71 | 92 | / |
| Beysens | 71 | 54 | / |
| Bossoms | 71 | 21 | / |
| Betsens | 71 | 12 | / |
| Byssens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beansse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Behsens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vessens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bassams | 71 | 0 | / |
| Beams | 67 | 2,607 | / |
| Beims | 67 | 641 | / |
| Buyssens | 67 | 443 | / |
| Beijsens | 67 | 114 | / |
| Buissens | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Bessems
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