B Surname

103,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Curaçao

B Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

B Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan1,6101:14,562228
United Arab Emirates9321:9,8311,236
Iran5391:142,45412,724
Syria4501:42,8912,434
Yemen1531:172,7148,042
Canada1471:250,65023,792
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
Iraq1001:350,2176,594
Haiti1001:106,8395,069
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
Hungary571:172,21515,080
China441:31,075,4901,656
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Liberia381:116,0148,917
Curaçao371:4,250100
Jordan211:421,06812,361
Israel191:450,40234,739
Burkina Faso131:1,411,70012,072
Lebanon101:563,70813,499
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
India61:127,844,230863,365
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Congo31:1,663,03227,638
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Comoros11:749,524685
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

B (14,563) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

B Demographics

B Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 5 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

B Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name B Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name B (Russian: Бь) is more commonly found in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of B click here.

How Common Is The Last Name B? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 103,258th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,599,549 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of B are found; 40 percent are found in West Asia and 36 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 47,366th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 14,563 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 14,562. In Taiwan it is most common in: Taoyuan City, where 26 percent live, New Taipei City, where 18 percent live and Taipei City, where 10 percent live. Beside Taiwan B exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent live and Iran, where 12 percent live.

B Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.

B earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.33% less than the national average, earning $48,523 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bh679,626/
Bs674,902/
Hb674,187/
Bt673,816/
Bø672,540/
Bp671,591/
Bd671,166/
Bz67355/
Bï6714/
Bő6713/
Bȁ673/
Bì671/
Bȅ671/
Bể671/
Bå671/
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B Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
B in the Russian language
Бьb-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to B
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