Bechani Surname
Approximately 2,140 people bear this surname
Bechani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,245 | 1:31,029 | 5,690 |
| Zimbabwe | 524 | 1:29,462 | 4,530 |
| India | 359 | 1:2,136,672 | 71,805 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
The alternate forms: Béchani (1) are calculated separately.
Bechani (22,636) may also be a first name.
Bechani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bechani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bechani (Bengali: বেচনী, Hindi: बेचनी, Marathi: बेचनी, Oriya: େବଚନୀ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Béchani. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bechani? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bechani is the 195,976th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,405,395 people. Bechani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bechani reside; 58 percent reside in North Africa and 58 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 34,434th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 22,636 people.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,245 people, or 1 in 31,029. In Algeria it is most numerous in: El Taref Province, where 39 percent are found, Algiers Province, where 35 percent are found and Souk Ahras Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Algeria it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found and India, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bechani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bechani in the Bengali language | ||
| বেচনী | becani | - |
| Bechani in the Hindi language | ||
| बेचनी | becani | 80 |
| बेचानी | becani | 16.36 |
| बेचऩ | becana | 0.91 |
| बेचैनी | becaini | 0.91 |
| बचानी | bacani | 0.91 |
| बेचेनी | beceni | 0.91 |
| Bechani in the Marathi language | ||
| बेचनी | becani | 75 |
| बेचानी | becani | 20 |
| बेचणी | becani | 5 |
| Bechani in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଚନୀ | ebacani | 62.5 |
| େବଚନି | ebacani | 37.5 |
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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 Bechani
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