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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Besseng? popularity and diffusion
The last name Besseng is the 1,286,243rd most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. Besseng is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Besseng reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Besseng is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 118,680. In Cameroon Besseng is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 59 percent live, Littoral Region, where 26 percent live and South Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Besseng occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and The United States, 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
- 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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