Mbessa Surname
Approximately 2,789 people bear this surname
Mbessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,642 | 1:7,861 | 1,012 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Congo | 61 | 1:81,788 | 6,954 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbessa (138) may also be a first name.
Mbessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbessa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbessa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 156,901st most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,612,960 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbessa are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 787,636th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 138 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,642 people, or 1 in 7,861. In Cameroon Mbessa is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 81 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found and East Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Mbessa
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