The Bessey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,607 people carried this name — #17,526 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,544 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Bessey.
Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bessey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Edwin Bessey 1845–1915 · writer -
Charles A. Bessey 1848–1909
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Ernst Bessey 1877–1957 · botanist
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Karl Bessey 1957–2018 · businessperson
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Thierry Bessey 1962– · politician
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Rodolphe Bessey 1977– · visual artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bessey.
- Bescher 100 · U.S. census
- Besozzi 109 · U.S. census
- Bessa 253 · U.S. census
- Bessard 362 · U.S. census
- Besse 1,497 · U.S. census
- Bessette 4,469 · U.S. census
- Besson 859 · U.S. census
- Best 37,923 · U.S. census
- Bet 175 · U.S. census
- Betbeze 119 · U.S. census
- Beth 846 · U.S. census
- Bethe 190 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bessey is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.