Becheni Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Becheni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Becheni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165

Becheni (34) may also be a first name.

Becheni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Becheni Come From? nationality or country of origin

Becheni is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Becheni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Becheni is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Becheni are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Becheni is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name internationally, held by 34 people.

Becheni is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa Becheni is mostly found in: Free State, where 43 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and North West, where 24 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 14 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 14 percent are found.

Becheni Last Name Statistics demography

Becheni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.44% less than the national average, earning R 77,364 per year.

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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 Becheni
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