Bessid Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Bessid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bessid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessid (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺴﻴﺪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessid? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bessid are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Bessid is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania Bessid is mostly found in: Tagant Region, where 81 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 4 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 11 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent live.
Bessid Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bessid has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bessid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bessid in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺴﻴﺪ | absyd | 88.89 |
| ﺃﺑﺴﻴﺪ | absyd | 11.11 |
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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
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- 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 Bessid
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