Because Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Because Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Because (126) may also be a first name.
Because Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Because Come From? nationality or country of origin
Because is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Because? popularity and diffusion
The last name Because is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Because live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 126 people.
Because is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Outside of Malawi Because exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Because
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