Biessen Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Biessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 76 | 1:222,200 | 29,701 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Biessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Biessen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biessen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Biessen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Biessen is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 222,200. In The Netherlands Biessen is mostly found in: Limburg, where 46 percent reside, North Brabant, where 24 percent reside and South Holland, where 18 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Biessen exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 36 percent reside.
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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 Biessen
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