Bechar Surname
Approximately 6,804 people bear this surname
Bechar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,808 | 1:10,145 | 1,756 |
| Morocco | 1,977 | 1:17,439 | 2,658 |
| France | 577 | 1:115,117 | 17,319 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| England | 77 | 1:723,611 | 40,488 |
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Béchar (6) & Bèchar (1) are calculated separately.
Bechar (633) may also be a first name.
Bechar Demographics
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Bechar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bechar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bechar (Arabic: بيشار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺸﺎﺭ, Hindi: बेचर, Marathi: बेचर, Oriya: େବଚର) is most common in Algeria. It may be found in the variant forms: Béchar or Bèchar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bechar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 72,454th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,071,068 people. The last name Bechar is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Bechar live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Mahgreb. Bechar is also the 330,859th most widespread forename globally, borne by 633 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 3,808 people, or 1 in 10,145. In Algeria Bechar is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 19 percent live, Biskra Province, where 14 percent live and Boumerdès Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria Bechar occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 29 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Bechar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bechar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bechar last name increased 838 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bechar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bechar surname is predominantly Syriac Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Bechar last name are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.54% being registered with the party.
Bechar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bechar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bechar in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଚର | ebacara | - |
| Bechar in the Hindi language | ||
| बेचर | becara | 99.55 |
| बेचार | becara | 0.45 |
| Bechar in the Marathi language | ||
| बेचर | becara | 89.89 |
| बेचार | becara | 7.81 |
| बचर | bacara | 1.07 |
| बेचरा | becara | 0.46 |
| बेसर | besara | 0.31 |
| बॅचर | becara | 0.15 |
| बंचर | bancara | 0.15 |
| Bechar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺸﺎﺭ | bshar | 50 |
| ﺑﺸﺮ | bshr | 31.25 |
| ﺑﻴﺸﺎﺭ | byshar | 18.75 |
| Bechar in the Arabic language | ||
| بيشار | byshar | - |
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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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- 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 Bechar
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