Beacons Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Beacons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Beacons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beacons Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beacons is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beacons? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Beacons live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Beacons is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Beacons is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 89 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Beacons exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
Beacons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Beacons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Beacons last name decreased 55 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacons | 92 | 16 | / |
| Becons | 92 | 0 | / |
| Backons | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bascons | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bechons | 86 | 0 | / |
| Beckons | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bacans | 77 | 39 | / |
| Bezons | 77 | 15 | / |
| Becans | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bacuns | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bacāns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bazons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bezans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bekans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bascans | 71 | 291 | / |
| Biscons | 71 | 58 | / |
| Backans | 71 | 13 | / |
| Bacians | 71 | 8 | / |
| Batsons | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bezansh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bekcans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Beecans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bekkans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Backāns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vachons | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wackons | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakouns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bachans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bascoms | 71 | 0 | / |
| Backhans | 67 | 77 | / |
| Beckhans | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bouchons | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beconche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beekamns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beakhans | 67 | 0 | / |
| Beechuns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Backhuns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Beacons
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