Bed Surname

124,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bed Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the bed,' an official title: the yeoman of the bed-chamber.

Gilbert del Bed. Rolls of Parliament.

Gilbert del Bed, Close Roll, 30 Edward I.

'To Lamberte yoman of the Bedde' 1540: Privy Purse Exp.

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Bed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,0421:375,64420,149
Iran7371:104,18310,089
Ukraine3001:151,74221,111
Mauritania1211:33,8422,729
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Afghanistan531:606,6647,075
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Taiwan341:689,5514,984
Italy311:1,972,79688,569
England181:3,095,448105,421
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Liberia111:400,77620,681
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
France91:7,380,302306,885
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
China51:273,464,31313,838
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Malta41:107,5681,849
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

The alternate forms: Béd (46) & Beď (39) are calculated separately.

Bed (15,607) may also be a first name.

Bed Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the bed,' an official title: the yeoman of the bed-chamber.

Gilbert del Bed. Rolls of Parliament.

Gilbert del Bed, Close Roll, 30 Edward I.

'To Lamberte yoman of the Bedde' 1540: Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the Old Norse, Beda; from the French, Béide; from the Flemish, Bette; from the Dutch, Beth; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bed Last Name Facts

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

Bed (Bengali: বেদ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺪ, Hindi: बेद, Marathi: बेद, Oriya: େବଦ, Tibetan: བེད་) is found most in India. It can also appear as a variant: Béd or Beď. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bed.

How Common Is The Last Name Bed? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 124,508th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,990,589 people. The surname Bed occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Bed live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bed is also the 45,141st most common first name worldwide It is held by 15,607 people.

The surname is most common in India, where it is held by 2,042 people, or 1 in 375,644. In India Bed is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 53 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 26 percent reside and Odisha, where 8 percent reside. Other than India it occurs in 74 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 20 percent reside and Ukraine, where 8 percent reside.

Bed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bed has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bed last name is primarily Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.

Bed earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.25% less than the national average, earning $25,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Béd8946/
Beď8939/
Bedő862,786/
Bead862,030/
Beed86767/
Bied86468/
Beid86378/
Bedh86271/
Bedd8699/
Bedz8675/
Bhed8633/
Besd8620/
Beud8615/
Beyd8615/
Betd869/
Behd864/
Hbed863/
Beds863/
Bedt861/
Bedë861/
Be80172,234/
Beads75262/
Beudt7566/
Beeds7559/
Beedh7515/
Beadz7513/
Bheid7510/
Bheed756/
Beadh756/
Beidh754/
Bhead754/
Beddh752/
Bedds751/
Bed's751/
Bhedh751/
Bedch751/
Hbeed751/
Hbeid751/
Bheds751/
Beadt750/
Beids750/
Bedtt750/
Beedz750/
Beasd750/
Bedtz750/
Beutd750/
Beadd750/
Bee67292,845/
Bey6783,348/
Bej6741,109/
Bie6738,596/
Beh6726,405/
Ber6717,825/
Bei6716,947/
Bea6714,743/
Bid6712,780/
Bez6710,270/
Ved679,434/
Bet678,747/
Beu676,750/
Bes675,967/
Bøe674,425/
Bep67964/
Bhe67719/
Wed67715/
Bedova67424/
Beß67202/
Byd67179/
Beş67174/
Beydts6765/
Bedová6760/
Bée6744/
Beň6730/
Bje6720/
Bge6717/
Bedowa6715/
Bjd6712/
Beidts6712/
Ued678/
Hbe677/
Beć673/
Baheid672/
Beţ672/
Băd672/
Beá672/
Bahied672/
Beedts671/
Bäd671/
Beĺ671/
Beidch671/
Beeshd671/
Beç671/

Bed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bed in the Bengali language
বেদbeda-
Bed in the Hindi language
बेदbeda99.56
Bed in the Oriya language
େବଦebada96.79
େବଡebada2.32
Bed in the Marathi language
बेदbeda92.64
बेडbeda5.76
Bed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﺪabd53.33
ﺑﺪbd40
ﺃﺑﺪabd6.67
Bed in the Tibetan language
བེད་50
བིད་bi25
བེེད་25

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