Bessene Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Bessene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bessene (13) may also be a first name.
Bessene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessene is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bessene are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bessene is also the 3,159,357th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Bessene is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 91 percent are found, East Region, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 2 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 Bessene
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