How Many People Have the Last Name Bess?
people had the surname Bess in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 30,488 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+434 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Bess (58.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 34.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Bess ranks #2,765. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 61.7% to 58.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Bess grew from 9,229 people in 2000 to 9,663 in 2010 (up 4.7%), and its rank fell from #3,532 to #3,677. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 3.42 to 3.28 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 9,229 | 9,663 |
| Rank | #3,532 | #3,677 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.42 | 3.28 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Bess
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Bess: B200
👤 Bess as a First Name
Bess is a first name too: about 1,398 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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