Bessonette Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Bessonette Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bessonette Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:1,562,323105,498
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bessonette (35) may also be a first name.

Bessonette Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bessonette Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bessonette occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bessonette? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,052,587th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The surname Bessonette is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bessonette live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bessonette is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 35 people.

The surname Bessonette is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 1,562,323. In The United States Bessonette is mostly found in: Mississippi, where 39 percent live, Texas, where 19 percent live and Oregon, where 11 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent live.

Bessonette Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bessonette has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bessonette last name grew 2,320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bessonette Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bessonette last name are 4.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.45% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bessonette earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.87% less than the national average, earning $35,008 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $47,848 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 Bessonette
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