Bessey Surname
Approximately 4,661 people bear this surname
Bessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,939 | 1:186,931 | 18,583 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Canada | 637 | 1:57,842 | 6,827 |
| England | 367 | 1:151,820 | 14,489 |
| Australia | 281 | 1:96,070 | 10,909 |
| France | 216 | 1:307,513 | 46,888 |
| Israel | 192 | 1:44,571 | 6,006 |
| Germany | 160 | 1:503,159 | 42,903 |
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 132 | 1:184,662 | 15,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 459 | 1:109,409 | 10,910 |
Bessey (2,374) may also be a first name.
Bessey Demographics
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Bessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bessey is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bessey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessey? popularity and diffusion
Bessey is the 101,258th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,563,516 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Bessey live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bessey is also the 152,446th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,374 people.
The surname Bessey is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,939 people, or 1 in 186,931. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent reside, Maine, where 9 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 14 percent reside.
Bessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bessey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bessey surname grew 422 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 278 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bessey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bessey last name are 14.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.05% registered with the party.
The amount Bessey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.31% more than the national average, earning $47,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,142 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 Bessey
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