Bessford Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Bessford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bessford Demographics
Average Bessford Salary in
England
£20,156
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Bessford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessford is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessford? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessford is the 2,237,939th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bessford are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in British Isles.
Bessford is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 807,508. In England Bessford is primarily concentrated in: Durham, where 51 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 16 percent live and Greater London, where 14 percent live. Aside from England Bessford exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.
Bessford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bessford has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bessford last name grew 363 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Bessford
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