Mbessi Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Mbessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 209 | 1:23,871 | 2,629 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mbessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbessi occurs most in The Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mbessi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbessi is the 996,001st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbessi are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 23,871. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 86 percent live, Cuvette Department, where 4 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account The Congo it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, 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 Mbessi
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