How rare is the last name Bess?

9,156 people in the United States have the last name Bess, about 1 in 32,645. It ranks #3,781 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BESS

#3,781

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,156
About
1 in 32,645
This common or more
55.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,156 people with the last name Bess, 55.1% reported their origin as White, 34.2% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bess

#3,779 Haller · 9,157#3,779 Renfro · 9,157#3,782 Lucio · 9,155#3,782 Rosenbaum · 9,155

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bess, most common first.

#16,162 Beas · 1,733#18,237 Besse · 1,504#32,755 Beus · 751#51,462 Bees · 437#61,138 Besa · 355#76,236 Besso · 272#77,676 Bessa · 266#129,703 Bews · 137

Also a first name

As a first name, Bess ranks #7,186 of 53,615, with 2,145 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1889, with 182 births. See Bess as a first name

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