Bessonoff Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Bessonoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bessonoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland151:366,44725,366
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Bessonoff Last Name Facts

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

Bessonoff is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bessonoff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Bessonoff live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 366,447. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Finland it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.

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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 Bessonoff
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