Mbesse Surname
Approximately 995 people bear this surname
Mbesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 945 | 1:21,978 | 3,005 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mbessé (8) are calculated separately.
Mbesse (128) may also be a first name.
Mbesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbesse is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Mbessé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbesse? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 363,083rd most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,324,167 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbesse reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mbesse is also the 821,896th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 128 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 945 people, or 1 in 21,978. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 76 percent live, Littoral Region, where 13 percent live and Southwest Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and The Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mbesse
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