Bessenger Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Bessenger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 258 | 1:209,991 | 22,252 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
Bessenger Demographics
Average Bessenger Salary in
United States
$49,411 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bessenger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessenger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessenger is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessenger? popularity and diffusion
It is the 828,895th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Bessenger live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 28 percent are found, Gauteng, where 26 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Bessenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bessenger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 5 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bessenger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bessenger last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bessenger earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 55.2% more than the national average, earning R 368,808 per year; in United States they earn 14.51% more than the national average, earning $49,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.05% more than the national average, earning $68,090 CAD per year.
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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 Bessenger
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