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 occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bessenger click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessenger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 828,895th most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Bessenger reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 28 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Bessenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bessenger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bessenger last name decreased 5 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bessenger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bessenger last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with 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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