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 has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Bessems click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessems? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bessems is the 315,974th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Bessems live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 805 people, or 1 in 20,978. In The Netherlands Bessems is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 77 percent reside, North Holland, where 6 percent reside and North Brabant, where 6 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Bessems is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 28 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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
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- 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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