Bedouin Surname

326,114th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Bedouin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bedouin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5531:120,11318,160
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Iran751:1,023,76746,913
Jordan51:1,768,48719,843
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Bédouin (10) are calculated separately.

Bedouin (832) may also be a first name.

Bedouin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bedouin (Arabic: بدويا) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Bédouin. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bedouin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 326,114th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,392,584 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Bedouin live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Bedouin is also the 283,108th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 832 people.

This surname is most common in France, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 120,113. In France Bedouin is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 22 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent live and Brittany, where 14 percent live. Besides France Bedouin occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 43 percent live and Iran, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bédouin9510/
Bedouain939/
Beadouin932/
Bedouina931/
Bidouin862/
Bedoain861/
Beaduoin802/
Beduhhin801/
Bedouhene751,260/
Beddouhene711/
Ueduhin711/
Bediyain676/
Bédouhene631/
Vedahin571/
Bidayain534/
Vediyain531/

Bedouin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bedouin in the Arabic language
بدوياbdwya-
بدوينbdwyn-

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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 Bedouin
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