Besseng Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Besseng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 175 | 1:118,680 | 13,599 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Besseng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besseng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Besseng is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Besseng.
How Common Is The Last Name Besseng? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Besseng live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Besseng is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 118,680. In Cameroon Besseng is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 59 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 26 percent reside and South Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Besseng
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