Bessir Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Bessir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 259 | 1:149,157 | 19,516 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bessir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessir is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 975,866th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bessir live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
Bessir is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 259 people, or 1 in 149,157. In Algeria Bessir is mostly concentrated in: Bouïra Province, where 54 percent are found, Jijel Province, where 45 percent are found and Constantine Province, where 0 percent are found. Not including Algeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Bessir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bessir has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 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 Bessir
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