Bessin Surname
Approximately 1,807 people bear this surname
Bessin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,061 | 1:62,604 | 8,564 |
| Ivory Coast | 368 | 1:62,694 | 3,644 |
| Burkina Faso | 170 | 1:107,954 | 3,272 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| Canada | 40 | 1:921,140 | 70,350 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Bessin (198) may also be a first name.
Bessin Demographics
Average Bessin Salary in
United States
$51,886 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bessin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessin occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bessin is the 224,999th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,032,953 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Bessin reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 644,447th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 198 people.
Bessin is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 1,061 people, or 1 in 62,604. In France Bessin is primarily found in: Normandy, where 43 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent live. Other than France this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent live.
Bessin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bessin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 933 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 175 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bessin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bessin are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.82% being registered with the political party.
The amount Bessin earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.25% more than the national average, earning $51,886 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.76% more than the national average, earning $67,448 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 Bessin
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