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
The last name Bessy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺴﻲ, Hindi: बेस्सी, Marathi: बेसी) is found most in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bessy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bessy is the 173,871st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,950,423 people. The surname Bessy 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. Bessy is also the 27,923rd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 29,954 people.
The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,385 people, or 1 in 95,487. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 24 percent are found, Yogyakarta, where 20 percent are found and North Maluku, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also common in France, where 29 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.
Bessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bessy has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bessy surname declined 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bessy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bessy surname is primarily 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
- 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 Bessy
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