Bessong Surname
Approximately 3,657 people bear this surname
Bessong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,425 | 1:8,565 | 1,115 |
| Nigeria | 1,175 | 1:150,760 | 9,563 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bessong (278) may also be a first name.
Bessong Demographics
Average Bessong Salary in
United States
$43,607 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bessong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessong is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 124,635th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,992,766 people. The last name Bessong occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bessong live; 66 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bessong is also the 532,586th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 278 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,425 people, or 1 in 8,565. In Cameroon Bessong is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Bessong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bessong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bessong surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bessong Last Name Statistics demography
Bessong earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.06% more than the national average, earning $43,607 USD 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 Bessong
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