Bessy Surname
Approximately 2,470 people bear this surname
Bessy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,385 | 1:95,487 | 9,929 |
| France | 719 | 1:92,382 | 13,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 99 | 1:233,043 | 9,491 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 152 | 1:330,386 | 25,648 |
Bessy (29,954) may also be a first name.
Bessy Demographics
Bessy Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bessy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bessy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bessy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺴﻲ, Hindi: बेस्सी, Marathi: बेसी) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bessy.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 173,871st most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,950,423 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Bessy live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 27,923rd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 29,954 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,385 people, or 1 in 95,487. In Indonesia Bessy is mostly found in: West Java, where 24 percent live, Yogyakarta, where 20 percent live and North Maluku, where 15 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in France, where 29 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Bessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bessy has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bessy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bessy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bessy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺴﻲ | bsy | - |
| Bessy in the Marathi language | ||
| बेसी | besi | - |
| Bessy in the Hindi language | ||
| बेस्सी | bes'si | 50 |
| बेसी | besi | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Bessy
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