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    The surname Bessey

    A surname, carried by 1,607 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B200

    Bessey: #17,526 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bessey #17,526, 1,607 people Bessey: #17,526 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bessey #17,526, 1,607 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bessey is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,607 people named Bessey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,544.

    #17,526
    rank among US surnames
    1,607
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,977)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006
    #17,526Bessey1,607192,125
    #17,530Kittelson1,606192,245

    Who is named Bessey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Bessey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Besseys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Edwin Bessey
      American botanist (1845-1915)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bessey

    Bessey has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bessey?
    1,607 people in the United States had the surname Bessey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,125 Americans. It ranked 17,526th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bessey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bessey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Bessey?
    Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist (1845-1915).
    Where is the surname Bessey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bessey in the United States.
    Is the surname Bessey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,607 in 2010, up 4.1%.