Bethel Forename
33,429th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 23,595 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands
Bethel Forename Definition:
Meaning: house of God.
Bethel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53% | 8,504 | 1:20,880 | 2,109 |
| Ethiopia | 86% | 4,855 | 1:20,095 | 2,629 |
| United States | 83% | 3,524 | 1:102,877 | 4,530 |
| Philippines | 91% | 1,193 | 1:88,860 | 5,191 |
| Malawi | 93% | 1,185 | 1:14,441 | 1,438 |
| Ghana | 83% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| India | 86% | 665 | 1:1,826,884 | 98,311 |
| DR Congo | 54% | 548 | 1:134,722 | 6,629 |
| Mexico | 96% | 267 | 1:464,960 | 5,418 |
| Zambia | - | 237 | 1:66,898 | 3,742 |
| Congo | 65% | 210 | 1:23,853 | 2,331 |
| Zimbabwe | 57% | 171 | 1:90,198 | 6,713 |
| South Africa | 55% | 92 | 1:592,746 | 26,859 |
| England | 70% | 80 | 1:695,037 | 13,192 |
| Haiti | 88% | 74 | 1:144,959 | 7,233 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Botswana | - | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Uganda | 82% | 57 | 1:718,542 | 14,297 |
| Papua New Guinea | 79% | 50 | 1:163,046 | 14,187 |
| Bahamas | - | 46 | 1:8,682 | 1,112 |
| Brazil | 95% | 43 | 1:4,982,236 | 77,986 |
| Kenya | - | 38 | 1:1,218,608 | 19,443 |
| Cameroon | 73% | 37 | 1:584,068 | 18,071 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 34 | 1:3,282 | 615 |
| Indonesia | - | 33 | 1:7,817,081 | 269,446 |
| Peru | 57% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:23,238 | 1,800 |
| Canada | 100% | 23 | 1:1,440,581 | 24,592 |
| Liberia | 64% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Chile | 76% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Panama | 75% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Sweden | 94% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 50% | 15 | 1:90,761 | 6,535 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 14 | 1:3,770,594 | 24,827 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,408,507 | 21,461 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Australia | - | 10 | 1:1,365,762 | 14,367 |
| Honduras | 88% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Ecuador | - | 10 | 1:1,772,692 | 10,604 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Nicaragua | 67% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Austria | 100% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Israel | 63% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Benin | 50% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Saint Lucia | 67% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Germany | 100% | 4 | 1:24,169,469 | 59,466 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| France | 100% | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Italy | 100% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Ireland | 50% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
The alternate forms: Béthel (4) & Bèthel (2) are calculated separately.
Bethel (20,391) may also be a surname.
Bethel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Meaning: house of God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
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