Becaye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Becaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Becaye (3,134) may also be a first name.
Becaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Becaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Becaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Becaye? popularity and diffusion
Becaye is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Becaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Becaye live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 128,602nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 3,134 people.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Becaye is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Becaye is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Becaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Becaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ | albkay | 84.62 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻯ | albkay | 7.69 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻱ | bkay | 7.69 |
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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
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- 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 Becaye
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