Bechthum Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bechthum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bechthum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bechthum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bechthum occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bechthum.

How Common Is The Last Name Bechthum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Bechthum reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bechthum is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 444,399. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 92 percent live, North Brabant, where 3 percent live and Utrecht, where 3 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bechtum93177/
Bethum8625/
Bectum863/
Bethume8097/
Bethoum8020/
Beithum8015/
Biethum800/
Betum7713/
Beithoum751/
Bithum712,493/
Bettum71196/
Beitum71157/
Bethom7148/
Bestum7120/
Betoum7118/
Beutum7117/
Betgum717/
Bethun713/
Bectom712/
Bechtoune711/
Beatum711/
Bihtum711/
Betume711/
Betuim711/
Bhetum711/
Beetum710/
Bethune678,237/
Betoume6757/
Bethoun6719/
Béthume6710/
Bettoum6710/
Bechton673/
Beitume672/
Bytheum671/
Bithumm671/
Behtoun671/
Beutoum671/
Bithumn671/
Beatoum671/
Bithujm671/
Bethoom670/
Bethung670/
Betheun670/
Beethom670/

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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 Bechthum
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