Bessoum Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Bessoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 113 | 1:129,021 | 1,176 |
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Bessoum (922) may also be a first name.
Bessoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bessoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺴﻮﻡ) has its highest incidence in Senegal. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessoum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,088,856th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bessoum live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bessoum is also the 266,800th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 922 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 129,021. In Senegal it is most frequent in: Thiès Region, where 79 percent live, Diourbel Region, where 10 percent live and Dakar Region, where 6 percent live. Excluding Senegal this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 46 percent live and Chad, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bessoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bessoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺴﻮﻡ | bswm | - |
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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 Bessoum
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