Bessenay Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Bessenay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 350 | 1:189,779 | 29,542 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Bessenay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessenay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessenay has its highest incidence in France. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessenay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessenay is the 775,315th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname Bessenay is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Bessenay are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Bessenay is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 189,779. In France it is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 69 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent live. Not including France Bessenay is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent live and New Caledonia, 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
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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 Bessenay
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