Bessou Surname
Approximately 4,253 people bear this surname
Bessou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,317 | 1:50,435 | 6,598 |
| Benin | 1,107 | 1:9,337 | 1,304 |
| Ivory Coast | 646 | 1:35,714 | 2,361 |
| Algeria | 634 | 1:60,933 | 10,148 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Bessou (741) may also be a first name.
Bessou Demographics
Average Bessou Salary in
United States
$46,578 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bessou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessou is most common in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bessou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 109,431st most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,713,507 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Bessou are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 302,221st most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 741 people.
The surname Bessou is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 1,317 people, or 1 in 50,435. In France it is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 48 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 21 percent live and Île-de-France, where 16 percent live. Besides France this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live.
Bessou Last Name Statistics demography
Bessou earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.95% more than the national average, earning $46,578 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 Bessou
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